A. 
If, after reinspection of the rental housing property or rental housing unit, pursuant to § 247-16C or D, the owner fails to correct the conditions in the notice and order, the Township may seek compliance by any remedy allowed under this chapter or applicable law. If any tenant refuses to allow an owner to correct the conditions in the notice and order, the Township may seek compliance by any remedy allowed under this chapter or applicable law.
B. 
Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a summary offense.
C. 
Any person or entity that violates a provision of this chapter shall be liable for a fine of up to $1,000 for each day the violation is committed or permitted to continue. An owner shall be subject to the maximum fine and it shall be considered a continuing violation if the owner's rental housing property and/or rental housing units are the subject of repeat violations of the same sections of applicable law. The Township shall be entitled to the costs of enforcing this chapter, pursuant to a court order.
D. 
The provisions of this chapter may be enforced through an action in equity filed with the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. The Township shall be entitled to seek a preliminary injunction ordering the owner to abate any conditions determined to pose an imminent hazard which is not corrected within 48 hours of the owner or local agent receiving a copy of the abatement order provided in § 247-16C.
E. 
Any owner who fails to pay any fees, costs, or charges incurred under this chapter within 30 days of notice thereof will be subject to the placement of a lien against the rental housing property that is the subject of the fees, costs, or charges.
F. 
The remedies provided in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies available under federal, state, or local laws.
A. 
Retaliatory eviction. It shall be unlawful for an owner to recover possession of a rental housing unit in retaliation of a tenant for exercising his or her right to file a complaint with the Township advising that a building, housing, code, or ordinance violation or permit violation may exist on the rental housing property.
B. 
Retaliatory rent increase or other retaliatory actions. If an order is made under this chapter or applicable law, the owner shall not:
(1) 
In retaliation, increase the rent for the existing tenants of any rental housing unit that is the subject of the order from the date of the order to a period of one year after the Director determines that the owner has complied with the order; or
(2) 
Engage in other types of retaliatory conduct, including, but not limited to, depriving the tenants of use of the premises, decreasing services, or otherwise interfering with the tenants' rights under the lease.
C. 
Relocation costs. If the Director finds it is necessary to vacate any rental housing unit because of an unsafe or unsanitary condition, or to correct any violations, the costs and expenses of any tenant for temporary housing shall be the responsibility of the owner, provided that the maximum an owner shall be responsible for is $250 per day for a maximum of 15 days per rental housing unit, unless the Director determines that additional time is required to complete the repairs. In addition, owner will not be responsible for any temporary housing costs and expenses of a tenant after the rental housing unit is deemed to be habitable. Township shall bill owner for the costs and expenses and owner shall have 30 days to pay the same. If owner shall fail to pay the costs and expenses, Township shall have the right to file a lien against the rental housing property for the same.