The housing crisis in Philadelphia is not new. The racial inequities in the distribution of housing and resources are not new. But with COVID-19 causing unprecedented levels of unemployment, they…
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Mark Schwartz to Pass the Torch as Executive Director of RHLS after Forty Years
Dear Friends and Supporters, Mark Schwartz has led Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) as its executive director for nearly forty years – most of the organization’s existence. Now we are…
RHLS and PULP Statement Regarding Walter Wallace Jr.
On Monday, October 26th, the Philadelphia Police shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr., a twenty-seven-year-old Philadelphia resident whose life mattered. Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) and the Pennsylvania Utility Law…
Community Land Trusts as a Mechanism for Change
Regional Housing Legal Services attorneys have begun providing the legal services necessary to help community organizations set up Community Land Trusts with the goal of preserving housing affordability, while also…
Welcome home! Neighborhood Revitalization in Sharswood.
This week in Philadelphia, the 224th and 225th families moved into their new homes at Oxford Green in the Sharswood/Blumberg neighborhood in North Philadelphia. RHLS's Senior Counsel Judy Berkman has…