For people looking for assistance with home repair and weatherization, rental assistance, homelessness resources, legal aid, housing disability needs, or help with utilities, RHLS has begun compiling housing resources by…
Author: Nora Davenport
Bob Damewood drafts an ordinance to protect tenants.
RHLS Senior Staff Attorney, Bob Damewood, continues his advocacy for tenant rights in Western Pennsylvania. He has drafted an ordinance for the Borough of Sharpsburg that will prohibit landlords from…
Returning Citizens deserve affordable housing, too. A new report and resources are now available to help.
Too often, a criminal record merits an automatic exclusion from many places, jobs, housing, and even volunteering. The rationale is that it will make society safer to exclude "criminals." More…
City of Bridges Community Land Trust to build and preserve homes using New Market Tax Credits.
RHLS served as counsel to the City of Bridges Community Land Trust, a nonprofit community land trust focused on creating and preserving permanently affordable housing in the Pittsburgh region, in…
RHLS Senior Counsel Judy Berkman writes on the Property Conservatorship Act.
This article discusses the application of the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act to address the problem of derelict property throughout Pennsylvania. Enacted in 2008 and amended in 2014 and…