By Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy Analyst On March 7, 2023, Governor Shapiro gave his first statewide budget speech to Pennsylvania’s state representatives and the public outlining his priorities for the…
Category: Policy
Improving the 2023 Proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule.
by Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy Analyst The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) law is a provision of the Fair Housing Act, a federal law passed in 1968. The goal of…
Bethel AME wins back land and has exciting restorative development plans for Pittsburgh.
A happy day for a historical Black church in the city of Pittsburgh. Almost 70 years since the original church was demolished to make way for development, Bethel AME has…
RHLS and PULP statement on the murder of Jordan Neely and the demonization of homeless persons.
RHLS, together with PULP, joins the National Homeless Law Center in condemning the vigilante murder of homeless New Yorker Jordan Neely and the failure on the part of the NYPD…
How Does the Commonwealth Court’s Decision in Landlord Service Bureau v. City of Pittsburgh Affect Rental Licensing Ordinances in PA?
Bob Damewood, Senior Staff Attorney, has prepared the following policy memo describing the impact of the Commonwealth Court's recent opinion. Download a full PDF of the memo. On March 17,…