Bob Damewood, staff attorney for Regional Housing Legal Services, and Larry Swanson, Executive Director of Action Housing and RHLS Board of Directors member, were among the experts who testified in…
Category: Policy: Affordable Housing
Bob Damewood Receives PLAN Excellence Award for Inclusionary Zoning Work
RHLS Staff Attorney, Bob Damewood, was honored with an Excellence Award from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) at a virtual ceremony on March 23rd (hyperlink to recording of ceremony).…
Successful QAP reform will bring housing justice to returning citizens.
RHLS Attorney and Director of Economic Development Laura Schwartz focuses on housing rights for returning citizens, and, recently, her work has paid off in the form of a successful change…
New PA state tax credits will help spur affordable housing development
There is a pressing need for more affordable housing in Pennsylvania, and state legislators responded this fall by passing a state-level low-income housing tax credit bill with bipartisan support. The Low-Income…
Important Changes to HUD’s Section 3 Provision
What is Section 3? Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968 that is intended to foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement,…