RHLS Executive Director, Dina Schlossberg, joined colleagues from the housing advocacy community to testify at a Philadelphia City Council hearing on the expiring affordable housing contracts in the city. The…
Category: Policy: Racial Equity
Utility Justice Project: Access to Affordable Utility Services in Historically Disinvested and Rural Communities
By Gio Brackbill, Utility Justice Project Manager Introduction The Pennsylvania Utility Law Project launched the Utility Justice Project (UJP), an initiative to work in historically underserved and disinvested communities in…
Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy Analyst, testifies before the PA House Committee to address hidden racial disparities in housing.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Dc0V1a_Dw8 PA House Policy Subcommittee Affordable and Stable Housing in a Post-COVID World Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, Regional Housing Legal Services June 1, 2021Hi everyone, my name is Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, Policy Analyst…
Report from PULP and CLS Reveals Energy Insecurity Among Black and Latinx Households in Pennsylvania
Today, the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project and Community Legal Services released a report that reveals that Black and Latinx households in Pennsylvania are more likely to experience unaffordable utility costs…
Policy Analyst Perspectives: Fair Housing
Vanessa Raymond-Garcia, RHLS Policy Analyst, is focusing on racial equity and its intersection with issues of housing and community development. Through the RHLS blog, Vanessa will highlight issues of critical…