CLS’ Housing Unit assists low-income tenants living in public and subsidized housing, including PHA public housing, Section 8 voucher, Section 8 project-based, HUD, private public housing, and Tax Credit housing in the City of Philadelphia. Areas of assistance include:
• Evictions
• Termination from the Section 8 program
• Disability accommodations
• Admissions advice
• Rent calculation and utility allowance problems
• Repair problems
• Some emergency transfers
• PHA grievance hearings
• Domestic violence and sexual assault-related housing issues
• Other issues involving public and subsidized housing, such as adding or removing family members from a lease or re-certification issues.
CLS or one of our partner agencies will do our best to return your call within 2-3 business days. We receive more calls than we can answer at the moment, please review PhillyTenant.org first as we have included lots of information, links and templates for your use.
You can also attend one of TURN’s daily free Know Your Rights webinars. If you are calling with a question about rental assistance, please visit the Philadelphia Rental Assistance website call 311.
