In 2017, with Community Redevelopment Legal Assistance (CRLA) funding from the PA Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Board, RHLS began working with community partners in northern Schuylkill County to…
Category: Policy
RHLS and the Community Justice Project collaborated on an Amicus Curiae Brief in response to a recent Commonwealth Court decision.
Home should be a safe place. When a low-income tenant's home is not habitable, often they have little recourse: they fear retaliation from their landlord if they file a complaint…
Platform raises awareness of key policy issues that prevent communities from creating supportive housing.
RHLS Executive Director Dina Schlossberg collaborated with the Corporation for Supportive Housing on a Supportive Housing Policy Platform over the past year. CSH, in partnership with RHLS, conducted numerous listening…
The Next Philadelphia Mayor Needs to Prioritize Affordable Housing
By Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy AnalystPhiladelphia is reckoning with a multitude of challenges, including crime, education, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, and climate change – with housing arguably being at the core…
Dina Schlossberg offers testimony to Philadelphia City Council on the crisis of affordable housing preservation.
PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCILCommittee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless, Bill No.221017 Testimony By Dina SchlossbergExecutive Director, Regional Housing Legal ServicesApril 24, 2023 Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity…