There is a pressing need for more affordable housing in Pennsylvania, and state legislators responded this fall by passing a state-level low-income housing tax credit bill with bipartisan support. The Low-Income…
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Important Changes to HUD’s Section 3 Provision
What is Section 3? Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968 that is intended to foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement,…
Ending the Ban on Utility Shutoffs: Who Will It Hurt and How Can We Fix It?
By Elizabeth Marx, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project COVID-19 has had and continues to have an unprecedented impact on the health, safety, and economic security of Pennsylvanians…
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…