Landlord Gateway
For Landlords
New landlords
The Landlord Gateway Program centralizes resources to help both current and prospective landlords navigate the Borough’s processes, requirements, and guidance through a single location. The Gateway includes housing-related services and resources from the borough & community agencies to help landlords manage rental properties and tenants to stay current with rent.
Application
Residential Rental Property Registration/Permit Application
(Code of Ordinances, Chapter 110, Article I)
Short Term Rentals
Do you own or operate a Short Term Rental property in the Borough of Lewistown? These resources will help you remain compliant with borough ordinances and requirements to operate your short term rental appropriately.
What is a short term rental? A short term rental property is defined as an operation of a rooming house, boardinghouse, hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, online hospitality marketplace rental or a like (popular example: AirBNB).
Ordinance
§ 110-16. Permit required for the operation of a rooming house, boardinghouse, hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, online hospitality marketplace rental or the like. [Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-5 ]
(As to a trailer camp or a trailer court or mobile home park, see Chapter 148, Mobile Home parks.)
Affordable housing
The Landlord Gateway Program centralizes resources to help both current and prospective landlords navigate the Borough’s processes, requirements, and guidance through a single location. The Gateway includes housing-related services and resources from the borough & community agencies to help landlords manage rental properties and tenants to stay current with rent.
Fair Market Rent Reference
- Each year, HUD (Office of Policy Development and Research) conducts a study to determine fair rents. Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), rent ceilings for rental units in both the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Solutions Grants program, maximum award amounts for Continuum of Care recipients and the maximum amount of rent a recipient may pay for property leased with Continuum of Care funds, and flat rents in Public Housing units.
Click here to view 2024 Fair Market Rent Documentation for Mifflin County Pennsylvania
Housing Authority Contact
Mifflin County Housing Authority
141 S Pine Rd, Lewistown, PA 17044
Phone: (717) 248-2624
Mifflin-Juniata Human Services Links
For additional resources, please visit the Mifflin-Juniata Human Services Links website at: www.mjhslinks.org
Resources for Landlords
The Landlord Gateway Program centralizes resources to help both current and prospective landlords navigate the Borough’s processes, requirements, and guidance through a single location. The Gateway includes housing-related services and resources from borough & community agencies to help landlords and tenants manage the rental process.
Residential Rental Property Application
The Borough of Lewistown Residential Rental Property Registration/Permit Application (Code of Ordinances, Chapter 110, Article I)
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
The Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Civil Rights Enforcement Section, and the Impact Litigation Division of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General are pleased to offer this Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights in Pennsylvania.
Standard Lease
The Landlord Association of Pennsylvania offers this Standard Residential Lease Agreement, available for your use.
List Your Available Rental
Do you have a residential rental available? Qualified landlords can list their available properties on this website’s Homes for Rent directory.
In order to have your listing published as a Home for Rent on the Lewistown Landlord Gateway, you must meet the following requirements:
Your property must be registered with the Lewistown Borough Code Enforcement office as a residential rental.
The property being listed must be available for rent and is not already occupied.
If you have not already completed the steps mentioned above, visit the For Landlords of our website to learn more about.