Protect Your PUA Benefits from Disqualification Because of Identity Verification!
More than 500,000 people are getting determinations disqualifying them from their PUA benefits because “you did not verify your identity…
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Philadelphia Releases New Property Tax Amounts: Estimate Your New Tax Bill Here
Philadelphia has just released its new assessments of property values. This is what the City believes your house is worth…
Did Your Property Taxes Go Up? Here’s How to Make Your Tax Bill More Affordable
Philadelphia released new “assessments” of property values, which they will use to calculate 2023 property tax bills. If your assessed…
Predatory: How Payday Lenders are Using Trojan Horse Tactics to Weaken Consumer Protections in Pennsylvania
Payday loans are an abusive form of lending that traps cash-strapped borrowers into a long-term cycle of debt, which leads…
Unemployment Compensation Benefits Modernization Must Be Postponed Until Fall
This post was written May 04, 2021, by Sharon M. Dietrich, Litigation Director at Community Legal Services. The PA…
Philadelphia’s New Marijuana Possession Law – Get the Facts!
Under the new law: The penalty for possessing 30 grams or less of marijuana for personal use is a $25…
PGW Wants to Raise Your Gas Bill During a Pandemic. Here’s What You Can Do.
PGW wants to increase customer rates by $70 million per year. They say the average household’s gas bill would go…
PA Workers Have the Right to See Their Personnel Files
Under the Pennsylvania Personnel Files Act, 43 P.S. §§ 1321 – 1324, Pennsylvania workers have the right to view files…
CLS and TURN to PECO: Keep Your Promises to Low Income Customers
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Community Legal Services, on behalf of our client the Tenant Union Representative Network (TURN), filed…
Parent/Child Visits in Philadelphia During COVID-19
Effective August 31, 2020, In-Person Visits Between Parents and their Children in Philadelphia DHS Custody are RESTARTED Download the flyer…
Good News: Extended Unemployment and More in Stimulus Bill
A piece of good news for people who are unemployed! Congress passed a COVID relief bill which extends emergency unemployment…
Report: How the Pandemic Response Has Failed Young People & What We Need to Thrive
This report was written by Youth Justice Project inaugural Youth Action Board members, Deja Morgan, Alexi Chacon, and Madison Nardy. …
Most Philadelphia Workers Are Entitled to Sick Leave!
Información en español sobre Licencia por EnfermedadUPDATE: You may be covered by sick leave for the Covid-19 coronavirus now. If…
CLS Scores Important Victory for Families in PA Supreme Court
CLS staff attorney Caroline Buck won a victory for families in an important new Pennsylvania Supreme Court case, In re…
PA General Assembly Enacts Bipartisan Economic Recovery Bill, Removing Criminal Record Barriers to Occupational Licensing
On June 24 2020, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 637 (DiSanto, R-Dauphin/Perry and Schwank, D-Berks), which reforms occupational licensing…
PA Supreme Court Rules No Forced Drug Tests in Child Welfare Investigations
CLS contributed to a big victory for Pennsylvania families! On June 16, 2020 the PA Supreme Court unanimously held that…
