By Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy Analyst The Biden-Harris Administration has published a Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights. The Administration’s effort to spotlight protections for renters when inflation is…
Category: Policy: Affordable Housing
More money for PHARE!
by Cindy Daley, Director of Community Development Initiatives Starting in July 2023, the PA Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) will receive an additional $20 million a year for the state housing…
At the table: Bob Damewood joined a team to offer the new mayor of Pittsburgh recommedations for equitable development.
RHLS Staff Attorney Bob Damewood was asked to serve on the Transition Committee for Mayor Gainey as the new Mayor of Pittsburgh prepared to take office last spring. His role…
The Persistence of Affordable Housing Shortages, as discussed by Dina Schlossberg in the Legal Intelligencer.
Dina Schlossberg wrote a commentary piece in the Legal Intelligencer to discuss the renewed focus on the shortage of affordable housing in the United States. She detailed the founding of…
Tenants are carrying rental debt. More solutions are needed for a growing problem.
By Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy Analyst Renters need help before they can afford to pay what they owe. Emergency rental assistance programs are likely to partially or fully close across…