Corporation for Supportive Housing has released a new report analyzing qualified allocation plans for their strategies to foster and encourage supportive housing. State housing finance agencies use qualified allocation plans…
Author: Rachel Blake
Rachel works on policy and advocacy at RHLS. Her current work includes the intersection of housing and health, energy efficiency, and equal access to housing-related rights.
Pennsylvania Foreclosure Rate Jumps 129% Compared to August 2011
The foreclsoure rate in the Commonwealth has jumped 129% comapred to August 2011. Many experts believe this is due to a backlog of foreclosures. Still, Pennsylvania's foreclosure rate is below…
Tools For Financial Growth Helps Philadelphians Learn About Their Finances
A program known as Tools For Financial Growth is available for Philadelphians who would like to learn about credit and finances, to help them avoid foreclosure. Read More
Artists Explore the Experience of Foreclosure
A Philadelphia artist is opening his home to other artists for an installation piece that will explore the experience of foreclosure. Visitors will see the installations in the Germantown, Philadelphia,…
Foreclosures Make Code Enforcement Difficult
Among the other troubles that foreclosure brings, code enforcement around the Commonwealth is complicated when municipalities are unable to find the owner of the property due to foreclosure. Foreclosed properties…