Resources & Links

The links on this page are provided for your convenience and reference.

Rental Resources

Landlord Tenant and/or Eviction Issues

• PA Law Help: online guide to legal information and legal services in Pennsylvania
• Bureau of Consumer Protection, PA Attorney General's Office: leases and security deposits including considerations before renting, what a lease should contain, advice to renters, security deposit tips, and links to the Landlord Tenant Act

For Issues in Philadelphia County

• Community Legal Services
• PA Legal Assistance
• Tenant Union Representative Network - (TURN)
  

Rental Housing Locators

• Subsidized Apartment Search
• PHFA's Affordable Apartment Locator
  

Homeownership

Foreclosure Resources

• Mortgage Foreclosures: Your Legal Rights: including information on foreclosure notices, loans, sheriff sales, mortgage lending agencies, and predatory lending
• Preventing Foreclosures: including information on foreclosures and HEMAP
• REAL and HERO Loans: including eligibility requirements for both loans
• Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) Foreclosure Prevention Resource Guide

Mortgage Resources

• Reverse Mortgages for Seniors: including a description of and requirements for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgages
• Your Rights and the Responsibilities of Your Mortgage Servicer: including information on mortgage providers
• Predatory Lending: including tips for being a smart consumer

General  Homeownership Resources

• Home Repairs - Pennsylvania: including information on programs designed to help with home repairs
• Fraudulent Documents: Tangled Titles
• Philadelphia Law Works: referrals for transactional work and tangled title cases
• Fraudulent Documents: Fraud Tips

Economic Development

• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
• The Reinvestment Fund (TRF)
• Nonprofit Finance Fund

Government, Legal Aid and Other Resources

• Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN)
• HUD
• Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
• Government Benefits: online survey to help determine benefits for which you might be eligible
• PA Law Help: online guide to legal information and legal services in Pennsylvania
• KnowledgePlex: Resource Center for Affordable Housing & Community Development
• Neighborhoods Now Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development

Utility & Energy Resources

• PA Utility Law Project