House report

2855 N 20th St

3 bd1 ba2 stories1,050 sqftRSA5built 1940

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$81K 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$50K$100KZIP 19132 (Strawberry Mansion · North Philadelphia) median$82K2010201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19132 (Strawberry Mansion · North Philadelphia) medianAssessmentL&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 record14 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionL&I investigation
  2. InspectionL&I investigation
  3. L&I violationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
  4. L&I violationVACANT PROPERTIES
  5. L&I violationVACANT STRUCTURE & LAND
  6. PermitAlterations
  7. PermitPlumbing
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT
  10. L&I violationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)
  11. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)
  12. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  13. PermitElectrical
  14. PermitAlteration

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$0/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 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 $81,700. 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 111256500
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $80,900 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption. The exclusion reduces this assessment-based estimate to $0.

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.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to Po Box 290980, 96929. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,050 sqft livable area
Lot
990 sqft
Basement
Full city code D
Heat
Hot water / radiators city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

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

Block context

2800 block of N 20th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2853 N 20th St  ·  2857 N 20th St

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

Verify with the City ↗
Open every source row 14 dated rows
  1. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2024-079451 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  2. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2024-079451 · FAILED

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

  3. ViolationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE

    Case CF-2024-079451 · Violation VI-2024-062188 · Code 9-3905 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  4. ViolationVACANT PROPERTIES

    Case CF-2024-079451 · Violation VI-2024-062190 · Code PM15-901.1 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. ViolationVACANT STRUCTURE & LAND

    Case CF-2024-079451 · Violation VI-2024-062189 · Code PM15-301 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2022-009864 · Completed

    Replace 3/4” copper water service from existing Curb stop in side walk into house with new meter spread and valves on each side of meter. AMEND Replacing full 3/4" water service with curb trap FAI from curb to house

  7. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 506787 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE WATER HEATER

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 272635 · 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.

  9. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT

    Case 272635 · Violation 2037428 · Code PM-306.2/1 · COMPLIED

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

  10. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)

    Case 272635 · Violation 2037427 · Code PM-306.0/1 · COMPLIED

    A legacy L&I label associated with vacant-property requirements. It may concern licensing, securing, or maintaining a vacant structure; the notice and cited code control, and this row alone does not prove the property is vacant now. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)

    Case 272635 · Violation 2037426 · Code PM-102.4/2 · COMPLIED

    This usually records a requirement to obtain a Vacant Structure License for an unoccupied residential building. Check later license and compliance rows because it does not establish present vacancy or an unresolved violation. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  12. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 272635 · 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.

  13. PermitElectrical

    Permit 312355 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 100AMP SERVICE,1 GFI RECEPTACLE,3 FIXTURES,DRYER LINE, INSTALL 5 SMOKE DETECTORS,REPLACE 14 SWITCHES AND 20 RECEPTACLES ASPER 2008 NEC

  14. PermitAlteration

    Permit 311693 · COMPLETED

    ROOF RECOVERING, MODIFIED BITUMEN(SFD)

Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 4:47 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: unavailable. “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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