Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) Staff Attorney, Jack Stucker, will be leaving RHLS to bring his expertise to the Delaware State Housing Authority. His last day at is Friday, May 5th.
Jack began working at RHLS as a law student in his last year at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law. He first learned of RHLS while working at Community Legal Services’ Housing Unit. During his final semester, he learned that he was awarded a Fellowship position through the Independence Foundation’s Public Interest Law Fellowship program. When his fellowship concluded, Jack became a full-time staff attorney.
Jack has worked on a variety of projects during his four years at RHLS, lending his expertise, vision, and enthusiasm to both policy work and representation for nonprofit organizations. Most recently, Jack worked with the City of Philadelphia as they completed their assessment of fair housing. He also co-authored the Sargent Shriver Poverty Law Center Clearinghouse Review article, Domestic Violence and Good-Cause Evictions in Pennsylvania After the 2013 Violence Against Women Act Amendments, with Executive Director, Mark Schwartz; Senior Counsel, Judy Berkman; and Community Legal Services Attorney, Rachel Garland.
Jack worked with RHLS Development Services attorneys on multiple Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments, providing support for Project HOME and Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation’s Francis House of Peace/Ping An, the largest LIHTC development in Pennsylvania to date, as well as serving as lead counsel for the People’s Emergency Center (PEC) on their 4050 Haverford Avenue development.
Jack has accepted a position as a Housing Program Specialist with the Delaware State Housing Authority, bringing his expertise back to his home state.
Of his time at RHLS, Jack commented that he enjoyed the unique opportunity to work with an inspiring and diverse group of client organizations. He took singular pleasure in helping his clients advance their mission and working to effect systems change to improve the housing stability of all Pennsylvanians. He is excited to continue to use the lessons he has learned about the complexities of the affordable housing landscape to improve housing options in Delaware!
Rachel Blake, RHLS Associate Director and one of Jack’s supervisors, remarked,
“Jack has a real passion for improving the living conditions of low-income households. He’s thoughtful when examining issues and creative when devising solutions. Jack’s thinking about the intersections of housing with other issues – especially health – have helped shape the way we see issues. He will be missed at RHLS.”
We wish him the best in his next endeavors.