City Expands Right to Counsel Initiative to Serve More Residents Living in Poverty and Facing Evicti...
By Mike Lautensack Thursday, December 7, 2023
On December 1, 2023, the City of Philadelphia announced that another zip code has been added to the existing four zip codes currently served under the Right to Counsel (RTC) program. Since October 2023, low-income renters living in 19132 have been entitled to free legal repr...
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Where did the City of Philadelphia Lead Law come from?
By Adam Kesselman Monday, April 3, 2023
In 1992 Congress passed the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act to protect families from exposure to lead from paint, dust, and soil. As a result. the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) require the d...
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