RHLS’s Board of Directors has adopted a new strategic plan for 2018-2021. The Board and Staff were actively engaged in thinking through where RHLS has been, what it is currently doing, and where it wants to go. We have created an ambitious plan that has us broadening the focus of our work to better serve low-income and vulnerable Pennsylvanians: health & housing and equity.
Further, recognizing that housing and community development in the United States is historically intertwined with questions of equity—especially racial equity—RHLS intends to expand its existing work to increase meaningful housing and community choices for low-income households.
Housing is increasingly considered a significant social determinate of health. As such, RHLS will use our extensive experience in housing and community development to add real value to those seeking to address housing from the health perspective. We know that the housing and health worlds are very different, but we are committed to learning more about health and working at the intersection of these two issues.
Most importantly, RHLS will press on with the affordable housing work that we have done for decades. It is the core of who and what we are. We look forward to using this work as the foundation that will enable us to bring value to the health and equity priority areas.
Look out for updates on social media and via the RHLS email list as the plan takes shape.
Read the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan