Mid-Island Properties, Inc. v. Manis

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether a tenant who, on his own initiative, circulates among other tenants a petition intended to induce action or forbearance by the landlord is acting as part of a “tenants’ organization or association” within section 205 of the Landlord and Tenant Act of April 6, 1951, P.L. 69, as amended, 68 P.S. § 250.205, which prohibits a landlord from terminating a lease because of the tenant’s participation in a “tenants’ organization or association.”

Dr. Robert Manis, by agreement dated June 24, 1984, leased a residential apartment from Mid-Island…