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Two Bills Will Help Tenants Access Housing
by Cindy Daley, RHLS Senior Staff Attorney Two bills have been introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that would make it easier for tenants with eviction or criminal records…
RHLS welcomes summer legal interns Nour Elkassabany, Joey Miller and John Rossi
Nour Elkassabany, rising 2L at Temple University Beasley School of Law I am excited to join Regional Housing Legal Services as a Law Student Intern this summer. I am a…
Philadelphia Chinatown CDC holds it groundbreaking for a new development on Winter Street.
RHLS continues its longtime partnership with the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC), this time on the Winter Street development project. Senior Staff Attorney, Kelly Prokop, and Senior Counsel, Judy Berkman,…
Pittsburgh Mayor Gainey wins approval from City Council on inclusionary zoning proposals.
After a *10-hour* hearing on January 28, the Pittsburgh Planning Commission voted 8-0 to recommend Mayor Gainey’s package of zoning proposals, which includes various zoning reforms (increased Transit Oriented Development…
Liberty 53: Estelle B. Richman Place is under construction, bringing new accessible and affordable housing to Philadelphia seniors.
RHLS Director of Development Legal Services, Kim Dolan; Supervising Attorney, Raina Mehta; and Staff Attorney, Kathryn Robinson, represented Liberty Housing Development Corporation on the development of Liberty 53: Estelle B.…