Provides rent arrearage payment assistance to prevent eviction.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Provides supportive services to low-income Veterans and their families.

Offers HUD-certified housing counselors to assist individuals and families in Schuylkill County with a wide range of housing needs. Services include: - Budgeting and Financial Counseling: Guidance to manage finances and achieve housing stability. - Mortgage and Foreclosure Prevention: Support for homeowners facing foreclosure, including assistance with HEMAP. - HECM (Reverse Mortgage) Counseling: For older homeowners considering a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage. - Eviction Prevention: Strategies and referrals to help renters avoid losing their housing. - Predatory Lending Education: Identify and avoid risky lending practices. - Housing Options for Buyers & Renters: Counseling and resources to explore affordable housing, first-time homebuying, and rental opportunities. All services comply with Equal Housing Opportunity guidelines.

Offers confidential mediation for housing disputes between landlords and tenants in the hope of preventing an eviction filing or eviction order with the courts.

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Provides advice in cases involving eviction, illegal lockouts, unlawful termination of utilities, and homes in disrepair. For clients in subsidized housing, provides advice on admissions and evictions; termination of Section 8; utility allowance problems and repair problems; disability accommodations; domestic violence and assault-related housing issues; PHA grievance hearings; adding or removing family members from a lease; recertification issues. Also provides assistance related to property tax appeals.

Provides free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. Free legal aid may be provided in cases involving: Public Benefits, Housing, Family Law, Employment & Education, and Consumer Law.

Offers a range of programs to ensure that consumers have access to housing and understand their rights under fair housing laws. Services include counseling on the rights protected under fair housing laws, information on how to recognize and report violations, information on legal options and assistance with the legal process, random testing to ensure regional compliance with fair housing laws, technical assistance, and comprehensive education programs.

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Provides assistance to individuals and families in need of legal services in all areas of housing law, including discrimination and public housing appeals, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosure and tax issues, and insurance claims.

Offers legal aid for low-income homeowners facing evictions and foreclosures.

Provides OHCD (Office of Housing and Community Development) approved housing counseling, including: A) Home Purchase Counseling B) Mortgage Default and Delinquency C) Eviction Prevention D) Property Tax Default or Delinquency E) HEMAP (Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program F) Legal counseling for tenants and homeowners

Enables landlords and tenants to arrive at an agreement that works for both parties, without having to go to court. Program is required as of January 1, 2022 by City Ordinance #210920. Benefits of diversion and mediation include helping tenants avoid an eviction while also helping landlords avoid vacancies and unit turnover costs. Program is free for both landlords and tenants.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Provides assistance to individuals and families in need of legal services in all areas of housing law, including discrimination and public housing appeals, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosure and tax issues, and insurance claims.

Provides housing assistance and supportive services to veterans and families regardless of discharge status.

Provides counseling through information, referrals, and advocacy for individuals and families with a variety of housing assistance, issues, questions, or concerns.

Provides free housing counseling and free legal advice to give homeowners a way to negotiate with their mortgage lenders. Can also assist with property tax questions and appeals. Call if you have missed a mortgage payment, mortgage payments have suddenly increased, there is a problem with mortgage, have unpaid property taxes or City/water liens, got letter from Sheriff’s Office, don’t understand your loan documents, been the victim of foreclosure rescue scam, or have reverse mortgage questions.

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Assists Beaver County residents with past due rent to prevent eviction.

Helps settle most disputes via conflict resolution services, including mediation and conflict coaching. Provides trained mediators for disputes involving neighbors, neighborhood groups, youth-related problems and fights, landlord/tenant, noise, trash, business/consumer, child custody, harassment/vandalism, and other minor criminal issues. Unable to address domestic violence-related situations.

Offers assistance to avoid evictions for renters and provide financial stability for landlords. Union-Snyder Community Action and Susquehanna Valley Mediation are working together to connect renters and landlords to rental assistance, legal information, and professional mediation services with trained, impartial mediators, in the vent of a landlord-tenant conflict. Landlords and tenants must agree to try mediation.

Assists individuals and families in a housing crisis to obtain and remain in stable housing.