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Call your State Senator and Urge Them to Support HB 1095

Call your State Senator today and ask them to support HB 1095 to seal eviction records!

HB 1095, known as Fair Housing Access: Sealing Eviction Records to Protect Tenants & Communities, would seal eviction records after seven years and immediately seal records when a tenant wins their case in court—giving renters a fair shot at stable housing.

HB 1095 was passed by the House of Representatives with bipartisan support and is now under consideration in the Senate. 

 
 
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Call Your State Representative and Ask Them to Vote "Yes" on HB 1650 
HB 1650, the PA Home Preservation Program, could be headed for a final vote in the Pennsylvania House as early as this Thursday and we need your voice now to ensure it passes.
 
Please call your state Representative today and ask them to vote "YES" on HB 1650.
 
The PA Home Preservation Program builds on the most successful components of the Whole-Home Repairs program, focusing on critical health and safety repairs to help people stay in their homes.
 
With nearly half of our state's housing built before 1970, many homes are aging into disrepair. This program will allow communities to address urgent repair needs so people could stay safely housed.
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Call your State Representative and Urge them to Vote YES on HB1095
Call your State Representative today and ask them to vote yes on HB1095 to seal eviction records after seven years.
 
HB 1095, known as Fair Housing Access: Sealing Eviction Records to Protect Tenants & Communities, seeks to seal eviction records to provide renters a second chance at stable housing. 
 
The bill was just voted out of the House Housing and Community Development Committee on May 5th with strong bipartisan support and could head to the House floor as early as tomorrow.
 
This legislation offers an opportunity for residents who have experienced eviction a second chance to find a safe and stable place to live without a mark on their record resulting from a past mistake.

 

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Urge Congress to Provide the Highest Possible Funding in FY26 for Affordable Housing, Community Development, and Homelessness Assistance Programs!

Congress has the power to solve the growing affordable housing and homelessness crisis in communities across the country through robust federal funding for proven housing, homelessness, and community development programs. However, the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2026 includes significant reductions to vital affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs, and would impose changes to rental and homelessness assistance that would leave more families struggling to afford rent, and at increased risk of homelessness.

Urge federal lawmakers to expand - not cut - investments in housing and homelessness programs in the FY26 spending bill, including priorities, such as:

  • Full funding to renew all existing Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) contracts and funding to renew 60,000 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs).  

  • Increased funding for public housing operations and public housing capital needs.  

  • $4.922 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants (HAG) program.  

  • $20 million for the Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP).

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Call Your State Legislators and Ask Them to Co-Sponsor the PA Home Preservation Program
Co-sponsor memos are now circulating in both the House and Senate for a new state-funded program that would continue the critical work of the Whole-Home Repairs Program.
 
The one-time Whole-Home Repairs investment in 2022 was a game changer. With nearly half of our state's housing built before 1970, many homes are aging into disrepair. This program allowed counties to address urgent repair needs so people could stay safely housed.
 
It has helped over 2,600 households across the Commonwealth, but the demand is outpacing the resource.
 
The proposed PA Home Preservation Program builds on the most successful components of the previous program, focusing on critical health and safety repairs to help people stay in their homes and preserve our aging housing stock.
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Contact your Representatives and Ask Them to Cosponsor the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 is to be reintroduced the week of April 7th.
 
The Housing Advisory Group is asking everyone to reach out to their representatives no later than April 3rd and ask them to cosponsor the bill. Let them know how important it is to get more resources for affordable housing production and how Congress may act to address the housing crisis.
 
The new version of the AHCIA is identical to the version introduced in the 118th Congress. For original cosponsors, we are specifically focused on the House Republicans. You can see the list of House cosponsors from the last Congress here. 
 
As was the practice in the last Congress, they will be adding a Republican and a Democrat in tandem to demonstrate the bipartisan support for the legislation. That said, with the resource provisions of the AHCIA in line to be included in the reconciliation tax bill, we need to maximize the Republican support for the AHCIA.
 
The Senate bill will be reintroduced with the lead sponsors listed: Senator Todd Young (R-IN), Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). We will be adding Senate cosponsors after the introduction of the bill, thus the focus on the House for now.
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Join Today's Day of Action to Urge Members to Pass a Final Spending Bill with Increased Funding for HUD's and USDA's Programs

Contact your members of Congress today and urge them to pass a final FY25 spending bill that includes increased funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs. Key priorities include:

  • Full funding to renew all existing contracts for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.   
  • $6.2 billion for public housing operations and $5.2 billion for public housing capital needs. 
  • $4.7 billion for HUD's Homeless Assistance Grants (HAG) program. 
  • $100 million for the Eviction Protection Grant Program.  

As rent, housing, and community development costs rise every year, it is crucial for affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs that receive increased funding to maintain the number of people and communities they currently serve.  

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White House Freeze on Federal Financial Assistance Temporarily Blocked
As a result of a memorandum titled “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs” issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) late on January 27, the housing and community development sector along with other sectors were concerned and confused about the potential impact as the memorandum announced a freeze on all federal grants, loans, and financial assistance programs, effective January 28 at 5:00 pm.
 
According to the Associated Press, a federal judge blocked the funding freeze only minutes before it was scheduled to take effect. The administrative stay lasts until Monday afternoon, February 3rd.  Multiple lawsuits have been filed or are reported to be filed to prevent the freeze from going into effect.
 
We do not know the order's full impact and a clarifying memo was issued yesterday indicating that several programs would not be included.
 
Many national organizations have issued statements and analyzes yesterday. Note that this information will quickly be out of date and we are tracking and monitoring the situation.
 
While we do not know the full impact or even what programs will be disrupted, we do know that contacting your Members of Congress talking about the importance of federal funding to the work you do will help them understand the potential damage to families and communities in Pennsylvania and all across the country.
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