The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that it is offering $35 million to public housing authorities to develop facilities that will provide early childhood and adult education, and/or job training programs for public housing residents. The new Capital Fund

New Rules Will Further Speed Benefits to Tens of Thousands of Americans with Disabilities Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency has published final rules that will further reduce the time it takes to decide applications for disability benefits from those

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that Pennsylvania has joined a multi-state working group probing questionable mortgage foreclosure activity. Corbett said that Attorneys General from 49 states, along with banking and mortgage regulators from 37 states, have agreed to coordinate their

Opinion piece on Philly .com from Mark Schwartz of Regional Housing Legal Services addressing the need for coordination between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Housing Authority as the the state legislature is being asked to review the structure and oversight of the Housing Authority

The state House this week passed and sent to the governor legislation authored by Montgomery County state Reps. Rick Taylor and Kate Harper (a member of the PLAN Board of Directors), that would protect residents living in manufactured housing communities from unexpected ground rent fees. “I have

Higher Wage Rate, Averaging $4.38 per Hour More, Will Open Jobs for U.S. Workers In response to the order of a federal court in Philadelphia holding that the Bush Department of Labor illegally implemented a change in how much employers must offer U.S. workers when proposing to import temporary

The Center for Elder Rights Advocacy is presenting a webinar entitled, Ethical Issues and Procedures for Handling Third Party Callers to Your Legal Helpline , on Thursday, November 4, 2010 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern. Taking calls from Third Parties is a delicate balance of Rules of Professional

Building on the extraordinary success of the first annual National Pro Bono Celebration in 2009, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is sponsoring the Celebration again this year October 24 through 30, 2010. The Celebration is a coordinated national effort to meet the ever