Resources

Resources by County

Legal Services Corporation is tracking eviction filings during the pandemic in Pennsylvania by County

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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)