Statewide Resources
- Were you illegally evicted? File a consumer complaint with the PA Attorney General
- What is the eviction process in my community? LSC Eviction Laws Database
- Search for Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
- Whose Your Landlord (Landlord rating site)
- Just Shelter (National and community resource guide)
- Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (Mapping evictions and resources)
- National Low Income Housing Coalition Updates
- PA 2-1-1 (Services)
- PA Housing Search (Affordable housing search)
- Housing Resources, PA Deptartment of Human Services
- PA Legal Aid Network (Find legal aid)
- PA Directory for Coronavirus Relief (Services)
- Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania (Housing resources)
- Pennsylvania Utilities Law Project (Utility resources)
- PA Serves (Resources for veterans)
- Community Justice Project (Legal assistance)
- Great People Helping Great People (Mutual aid)
- Comcast Internet Essentials Programs (Subsidized internet access)
- MidPenn Legal Services (Legal assistance)
- North Penn Legal Services (Legal help for Bradford, Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming counties)
- Northwestern Legal Services (Legal help for Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Mercer, McKean, Potter, Venango, and Warren counties)
- Justice at Work (Legal services)
- Lancaster Stands Up Eviction Dashboard
- File a complaint with HUD
- Disability Rights Pennsylvania
Resources by County
Legal Services Corporation is tracking eviction filings during the pandemic in Pennsylvania by County
Adam
- Manos Unidas Gettysburg (Spanish language community services)
Allegheny
- Allegheny County Rental Assistance (Rent assistance)
- Pittsburgh Housing (Resources and landlord info)
- Urban League of Pittsburgh (Housing resources and rent assistance)
- Pittsburgh Community Service Inc. (Housing services and resources for low-income individuals)
- Pittsburgh Union of Regional Renters (Tenant union)
- Just Mediation Pittsburgh (Eviction diversion program)
- Allegheny Link (Housing resources)
- United Neighborhood Defense Movement (Eviction defense)
- Neighborhood Legal Services Association (Legal assistance)
- Casa San José (Housing services and social services provider & ICE emergency response)
- Sisters PGH (Housing services for POC, trans, and nonbinary people within Southwestern PA)
- Department of Housing and Community Environment (Report your landlord)
- Pittsburgh Property Tax Disparities (Report and findings)
Bucks
- Bucks County Housing Group (Housing and eviction resources, food distribution, counseling)
- Bucks County Opportunity Council (Emergency rental assistance)
- Bucks County Mutual Aid
- Legal Aid of Southeastern PA
- Doylestown Area FISH (Rental assistance, short-term housing, utility support)
- Pennridge FISH (Rental assistance, short-term housing, utility support)
Beaver, Butler, Lawrence
- Neighborhood Legal Services Association (Legal assistance)
- Beaver County Mutual Aid
Centre
- Centre Helps (Rental assistance, mutual aid)
- Centre Volunteers in Medicine (Free medical services)
- Huntingdon House (Housing services and emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence)
- Alleghenies Abolition (Mutual aid, info@allegheniesabolition.org)
- El Colectivo de Solidaridad / State College Solidarity Collective (Mutual aid for Spanish-speaking residents, elcolectivostatecollege@gmail.com)
Chester
- Chester County Rent Assistance (Various programs)
- Spring-Ford Project Outreach (Food distribution, emergency assistance in the Spring-Ford area)
- Community, Youth, and Women’s Alliance (Call 610-384-9592 for housing services)
- Good Samaritan Services (Housing and homelessness services)
- Legal Aid of Southwestern PA
Crawford
- Center for Family Services (Rental assistance)
- Peace4Crawford’s Hope Line (Call 833-491-4673 toll-free for general resources)
Dauphin
- Greater Harrisburg Area Tenants United (Housing resources and tenant advocacy)
- Harrisburg Center for Justice and Peace (Contact Kay Pickering Legal assistance at 717-233-7897)
- Harrisburg Housing Authority (Housing resources)
- Capital Area Coalition on Homelessness (Housing resources)
- PA Fair Housing (Housing resources and counseling)
- Homeless Shelter Directory* (Housing services)
- Domestic Violence Legal Center* (For more information, contact 717-724-0516)
Erie
- Rent Assitance (Apply in person at Erie County Care Management, located at 1601 Sassafras Street, by calling 814-923-5512 or emailing rent@eccm.org)
- HANDS Erie (Senior and disability housing)
- Greater Erie Community Action Committee (Rental and utility assistance)
- Erie County Mutual Aid
- Northwestern Legal Services (Legal help for Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Mercer, McKean, Potter, Venango, and Warren Counties)
Lackawanna
- Rent Assistance
- Community Resources (General resources)
- United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern PA (Housing counseling)
- Catholic Social Services of The Diocese of Scranton (Affordable housing list)
Lancaster
- Rent Assistance
- Lancaster Stands Up Neighbor Fund
- Lancaster Stands Up Eviction Dashboard
- Lancaster County Housing & Redevelopment Authorities (Housing services)
- Hunger-Free Lancaster County (General resources)
- MidPenn Legal Services (To get legal help, call 1-800-326-9177)
- Good Samaritan Services (Housing and homelessness services)
Montgomery
- Rent Assistance
- Legal Aid of Southwestern PA
- Here2Help (Mutual aid)
- Homeless Prevention Center (Call 877-646-6306 for housing resources)
- Nehemiah’s Way* (Call 215-699-8830 for housing services)
Philadelphia
Tenants in zip codes 19121, 19134, 19139 and 19144 who make less than 200% of the federal poverty level are currently eligible for free representation in eviction cases through a program called Right to Counsel. Free legal help can be accessed by calling the Philly Tenant Hotline at (267) 443-2500.
- Who Owns Philly?
- File a Fair Housing Complaint for unfair rental practices
- PHL Rent Assist (Rental assistance)
- People’s Emergency Center (Rental assistance, affordable housing)
- Congreso (Housing, rental assistance)
- Project H.O.M.E. (Housing, employment, and education resources)
- Community Legal Services
- Philadelphia Legal Assistance
- Public Interest Law Center (Legal assistance)
- Philadelphia Tenants Union (Eviction defense)
- Philly Eviction Prevention Project (Legal assistance)
- Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry (Rental and food assistance)
- Friends Rehabilitation Program (Housing and social services)
- Utility Emergency Services Fund (Utility resources)
- Asociacion Puertorriquenos en Marcha (Financial resources)
- Congreso de Latinos Unidos (Housing counseling and limited financial support)
- Catholic Social Services (Rental assistance)
- Salvation Army (One-month rental assistance, contact us for more information)
- The Legal Clinic for the Disabled (Landlord/Tenant hotline for all housing-related matters, 215-587-3158)
- Save Your Home Philly Hotline
- The Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern PA (Legal assistance, 215-625-0700)
- Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline* (1-866-723-3014)
Washington
- Rental Assistance (Call 1-877-814-0788)
- Blueprints (General resource)
- Fair Housing (Legal assistance)