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…
Category: Policy: Affordable Housing
Speak Your Mind on Tenants’ Rights
By Cindy Daley, Director of Community Development Initiatives Federal Housing Finance Agency Seeks Input The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) wants to hear from you. On May 30, FHFA issued…
Governor Shapiro’s Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Budget
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…
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…
Put Vacant Land in Community Hands!
Affordable housing advocates across Philadelphia are grateful to City Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier, as well as her co-sponsors Council people Kendra Brooks and Derek Green, for their work in passing legislation…