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Housing

Housing (5)

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HUD

Services: Federal program that provides housing supports for individuals in need such as rental programs (including Section 8) and home ownership assistance programs

Housing Discrimination Hotline at HUD Regional Office - Philadelphia

Services: Hotline service for individuals to report incidences of housing discrimination.

USDA Rural Home Ownership Program

Services: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Guaranteed Rural Home Loans are creating homeownership opportunities throughout Pennsylvania with no-money-down financing in rural communities and areas just outside of major metro areas.

PHFA Homeowner Emergency Mortage Assistance Program

Services:

Works to provide affordable homeownership and rental apartment options for older adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs. 

MidPenn Legal Services

Services:

Family law, custody, domestic violence, housing, foreclosures, access to medical care, public benefits, unemployment, barriers to employment, consumer law, elder law.

Shelters (5)

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The Salvation Army

Services: Provides emergency shelter to single men.

Safe Harbour

Services: Provides emergency shelter (women, couples and families for up to 90 days), transitional housing services

James Wilson Emergency Shelter

Services: Provides short-term emergency housing to single families and single parent female

Shelter Aid Hotline

Services: Offers referrals to shelter services in your area.

National Runaway Switchboard

Services: Toll-free, nationwide hot-line for runaways and troubled youth. Provides information and referral for shelter, counseling, medical and legal services and transportation back home. The hot-line also provides a personal and confidential message relay service between runaways and their families.

Transitional Housing and Housing-Related Services (1)

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Safe Harbour

Services: Provides emergency shelter (women, couples and families for up to 90 days), transitional housing services

Housing Assistance Programs (1)

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Community Action Commission

Services: Provides information and services in relation to social services, housing, and community development.

Public Housing Programs (1)

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Community Action Commission

Services: Provides information and services in relation to social services, housing, and community development.

Homeownership Assistance (2)

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Pennsylvania Affordable Apartment Locator

Services: Website that allows you to search for affordable housing options in your area

Community Action Commission

Services: Provides information and services in relation to social services, housing, and community development.