COVID-19’s Impact on Race and Housing Security Across Philadelphia: Philadelphia Renters Report
Read the full report Racial and economic disparities in affordable housing existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet, new…
Read the full report Racial and economic disparities in affordable housing existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet, new…
We all know instinctively, and it is borne out in the research, that children do better with their families. Removal…
Today, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, as part of Incarcerated Women’s Working Group (“Working Group”) released a report on increasing…
Right to Counsel passed unanimously in Philadelphia City Council on November 14! This bill guarantees low income tenants an attorney…
A recent Pew Charitable Trusts article highlighted a growing problem across the country – overdue water bills causing the loss of a…
Update, June 15, 2020: Great news from the U.S. Supreme Court! The Supreme Court just ruled that that a federal…
This information was last updated on March 03, 2021 At the end of December 2020, the government began sending people…
This information was last updated on April 16, 2024. Download flyer with this information here. If you live in Philadelphia…
Starting October 2022, Pennsylvania has increased the income limit to qualify for SNAP (food stamps). If you were denied before,…
SNAP helps more than 2 million Pennsylvanians keep food on the table. Pennsylvania is stronger when families facing food insecurity…
Good news: a court has put a halt to the ABAWDs rule change. The rule will not be going into…
Great news! CLS and Morgan Lewis settled with the USDA, bringing $712 million emergency SNAP (food stamp) benefits to approximately…
Each year, residential Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) and PECO customers are protected from utility shut offs by the winter moratorium.…
October 18, 2024 – Tomorrow, October 19, 2024, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA) will publish the…
Last week, Community Legal Services learned that the Philadelphia Water Department is proposing to increase water rates by $240 million…
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a federally-funded block grant that provides cash assistance to the poorest Pennsylvania families.…