New legislation from Philadelphia City Council Thursday would offer property owners a tax break for installing fire escape ladders. The proposal comes just weeks after a deadly duplex fire in Fairmount that left 12 people dead.
“We decided to provide a tax credit to not create a financial burden on the landlords but incentivize them to put one in a window in a two- or three-story building,” Clarke said.
HAPCO Philadelphia, which represents about 2,000 small landlords in the city, believes members will take the opportunity to make their properties safer. “We think it’s a great idea and it’s certainly going to help out as far as saving lives and it’s a great alternative to sprinkler systems, which are very, very costly,” HAPCO Philadelphia President Greg Wertman said.The Philadelphia Fire Department is still reviewing the proposal and didn’t want to comment but Council President Clarke hopes it gets passed quickly.
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