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,…
The Case for Housing Justice in Philadelphia from PolicyLink
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…
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…
Statement Regarding HUD’s Decision to Abolish Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) and the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (PULP) condemns the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s decision to abolish the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing…