Publications

Development

RHLS Leads Successful Effort to Increase Housing for Vulnerable Populations, 2013

Pennsylvania’s Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act Implementation and Best Practices Manual, Judy Berkman, 2011; Executive Summary

Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) memo, Mark Schwartz and Laura Schwartz, January 2008

Section 3 Works Better When Providing Career Opportunities HDR Current Developments, February 2, 2007

Helping Hands: Tax Credits Offer Law Firms and Companies Incentive to Support Revitalization Efforts, Kristina Klugar, Philadelphia Lawyer, 2008

Developing Affordable Housing: Legal and Technical Support Activities Typically Needed

Legal Services Lawyers Support Community-Based Neighborhood Revitalization Efforts, Kristina Klugar, The Journal of the Allegheny County Bar Association, June, 8, 2007

Making Tax Credits Work for the DisabledSteve Gold, Kristina Klugar and Mark Schwartz,  Shelterforce, Winter 2006

Policy

Protections Delayed: State Housing Finance Agency Compliance with the Violence Against Women Act (with the National Housing Law Project, American Civil Liberties Union, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, and National Network to End Domestic Violence), May 2017

No Place Like Home: Philadelphia’s Approach to Foreclosure Prevention, RHLS/Karen Black, May8 Consulting, September 2011

The Unintended Consequences of Failing to Fully Fund HEMAP, 2011

Manufactured Housing Law in Pennsylvania, PowerPoint presentation, Donald Marritz and William Shuey, December 14, 2011

Manufactured Housing Resident Rights brochure (MHR PDF for printing)

The Resident Protection Project brochure (RPP PDF for printing)

Summary of Key Manufactured Housing Cases, Donald Marritz and William Shuey, December 16, 2011

Helping the Unemployed Avoid Foreclosure: A 50 State Solution, 2010

New Policy Directions for Sustainable, Affordable Housing, Judy Berkman and Rachel Blake, The Legal Intelligencer, November 22, 2010

Avoiding Foreclosure Without Bankruptcy, John Lyons and Cynthia Witman Daly, The Pennsylvania Lawyer, July/August 2007

HEMAP Helps Families Experiencing Hard Luck to Save Their Homes, Cynthia Witman Daley and Kristina Klugar, The Legal Intelligencer, March 5, 2007

Utilities