House report

2142 S 20th St

3 bd2 ba2 stories1,527 sqftRM1built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$317K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$250K$500KZIP 19145 (Girard Estate · South Philadelphia) median$328K201220152018202120242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19145 (Girard Estate · South Philadelphia) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record22 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitPlumbing
  2. InspectionBP_BLDG
  3. PermitElectrical
  4. PermitAlteration
  5. PermitPlumbing
  6. L&I violationPENALTY- NO BLDG PERM INFO
  7. L&I violationSWO- CONSTR W/O PLUMB PERMIT
  8. L&I violationSWO- CONSTR W/O ELEC PERMIT
  9. L&I violationCONTRACTOR & BP LIC NEEDED
  10. L&I violationSWO- CONSTR W/O BLDG PERMIT (Stop-work order for construction without a building permit)
  11. L&I violationPENALTY- NO PLUMB PERM INFO
  12. L&I violationPENALTY- NO ELEC PERM INFO
  13. InspectionBP_BLDG
  14. Deed / saleDeed / sale $240K
  15. Deed / saleDeed / sale $48K
  16. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  17. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  18. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  19. L&I violationEXT S-WINDOW REPAIR/REPLACE (Repair or replace exterior windows)
  20. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  21. L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE (Remove rubbish or garbage from the exterior area)
  22. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

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$3,036/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $216,900 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $328,200. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 481329000
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,527 sqft livable area
Lot
1,156 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished city code C
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1 city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

2100 block of S 20th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2140 S 20th St  ·  2144 S 20th St

Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 27, 2026.

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Open every source row 22 dated rows
  1. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 928674 · COMPLETED

    NEW TRAP WITH F.A.I. NEW CAST TO INSIDE FOUNDATION

  2. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 630155 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  3. PermitElectrical

    Permit 874300 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE EXISTING LIGHTING OUTLETS SWITCHES AND COVERS NO NEW WIRING PER 2008 NEC (SFD)

  4. PermitAlteration

    Permit 872746 · EXPIRED

    EZ PERMIT STADARD ALTERATIONS- FOR ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING ONE FAMILY DWELLING AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

  5. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 872742 · EXPIRED

    INSTALLATION OF 2 TOILETS, 2 LAVS, 1 KITCHEN SINK, AND 2 SHOWERS. ALL INSTALLATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2004 PPC

  6. ViolationPENALTY- NO BLDG PERM INFO

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650353 · Code A-901.13/1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. ViolationSWO- CONSTR W/O PLUMB PERMIT

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650352 · Code A-504.1/6 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  8. ViolationSWO- CONSTR W/O ELEC PERMIT

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650351 · Code A-504.1/5 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  9. ViolationCONTRACTOR & BP LIC NEEDED

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650349 · Code 9-1004.2/2 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationSWO- CONSTR W/O BLDG PERMIT (Stop-work order for construction without a building permit)

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650350 · Code A-504.1/3 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. ViolationPENALTY- NO PLUMB PERM INFO

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650355 · Code A-901.13/3 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  12. ViolationPENALTY- NO ELEC PERM INFO

    Case 630155 · Violation 4650354 · Code A-901.13/2 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  13. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 630155 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  14. Recorded transfer$240K transfer

    2018

  15. Recorded transfer$48K transfer

    2017

  16. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 353988 · PASSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  17. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 311788 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  18. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 311788 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  19. ViolationEXT S-WINDOW REPAIR/REPLACE (Repair or replace exterior windows)

    Case 311788 · Violation 2395326 · Code PM-304.8/16 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  20. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 311788 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  21. ViolationEXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE (Remove rubbish or garbage from the exterior area)

    Case 311788 · Violation 2395325 · Code PM-302.2/2 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  22. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 311788 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 28, 2026, 7:32 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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