RHLS has created a Toolkit for advocates in connection with the new report: Protections Delayed: State Housing Finance Agency Compliance With The Violence Against Women Act. Contents The Toolkit is designed to be…
Category: Policy
Evicted for Calling 911? How Advocates Can Fight Back.
A domestic violence survivor comes to you with an eviction notice. The reason? Multiple 911 calls. In other words, the survivor suffered abuse at home and called for help. How…
Jack Stucker Works with PACDC on Concerted Community Revitalization Plan Comments
RHLS Staff Attorney, Jack Stucker, led a collaboration with the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC) and member organizations to develop and submit comments to IRS Notice 2016-77. This…
Pittsburgh Enacts Housing Opportunity Fund
The Center for Community Change’s Winter, 2017, newsletter includes an article about Pittsburgh’s recently enacted affordable Housing Opportunity Fund (the Fund). The Fund includes a number of features designed to…
2017 MLK Reflections
Two years ago I wrote a post reflecting on the historical link between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, his assassination, and the Fair Housing Act. I re-encourage you to…