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City of Philadelphia - Fair Housing Commission

Addresses unfair rental practices. A tenant may file a complaint with the Philadelphia Fair Housing Commission if rent is current and the tenant is being threatened with illegal eviction, if a landlord is raising rent while housing code violations exist, if another term of a lease is being violated, or if a landlord is retaliating against a tenant for reporting housing code violations to the Department of Licenses and Inspections.

What's Here

Housing Discrimination Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

Neighborhood Legal Services Association - Legal Services

Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

What's Here

Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
General Legal Aid
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Welfare Rights Assistance
Real Estate Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Comprehensive Family Law Services

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

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.

What's Here

Labor and Employment Law
Elder Law
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Advocacy
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
TANF Recipients
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Predatory Lending Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Legal Information Services
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Representation
Bankruptcy Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia - Legal Clinics

Provides free legal consultations concerning a range of issues including landlord/tenent disputes, child custody, domestic abuse, wills and estates, criminal record expungement, and more. Provides legal advice and connects clients with other legal resources throughout Philadelphia. Virtual consultations are available.

What's Here

Community Legal Clinics
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Legal Counseling
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance - Housing Counseling

Provides housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance - Housing Counseling

Provides housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Summit Legal Aid - Housing Law

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.

What's Here

Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Property Tax Relief Application Preparation Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Real Estate Law
Eminent Domain/Expropriation Actions
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling

Harrisburg Center Peace and Justice - Housing and Rental Counseling

Provides credit, budget, and housing counseling. Assists with tenant/landlord problems and fair housing problems.

What's Here

Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Benefits Screening
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Legal Representation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

York County Government - York County Human Services Department - Legal Services

Restricted to non-fee generating services, like consultation on civil legal problems, Advance Directives, Power of Attorney and wills. OTHER LEGAL ISSUES CONSIDERED:
  • Landlord/tenant disputes
  • Health Care benefit issues
  • Consumer fraud issues
  • What's Here

    General Legal Aid
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Elder Law

    Lackawanna Pro Bono, Inc. - Legal Representation

    Local attorneys volunteer to provide free legal representation for civil cases. A broad spectrum of civil cases are handled, including the following: landlord-tenant, debtor-creditor problems, unemployment compensation, termination of social security or SSI benefits, uninsured tort defense, family law and other serious civil matters. Simple wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives are provided for financially eligible adults age 60 and over. Assistance in clearing criminal records through the state pardon process is also provided.

    What's Here

    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
    Legal Representation
    Eviction Prevention Assistance
    Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders

    Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University - Landlord Tenant Law Clinic

    Assists tenants with disputes with their landlords including but not limited to eviction, security deposit disputes, and Section 8 housing matters. The goal of the clinic is to not only assist with housing matters but to serve clients holistically to ensure long-term stability and success.

    What's Here

    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

    Northwestern Legal Services - Legal Services

    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.

    What's Here

    Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
    Legal Information Services
    Housing Discrimination Assistance
    Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
    SSI
    Welfare Rights Assistance
    Disability Benefits
    Lawyer Referral Services
    Self Representation Assistance
    Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
    General Legal Aid
    Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Eviction Prevention Assistance

    Susquehanna Valley Mediation - Landlord-Tenant Mediation Program

    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.

    What's Here

    Eviction Prevention Assistance
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

    New Kensington Community Development Corporation - Housing Counseling

    Provides a wide range of free housing services, including: first-time homebuyer counseling; foreclosure and sheriff sale prevention; rent, mortgage and utility assistance; property tax and rent rebates; financial education. Also help clients build budgets and credit, and can connect people to affordable home repair.

    What's Here

    Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
    Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
    Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
    Rent Payment Assistance
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Property Tax Information

    Fair Housing Law Center - Landlord Tenant Dispute Resolution

    Provides assistance in resolving issues between tenants and their landlords, especially in cases in which tenants require reasonable accommodations or modifications. Disputes that are not resolved at this level may be escalated to reporting to the PHRC or HUD, or even to filing cases in state or federal court.

    What's Here

    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Housing Discrimination Assistance

    Northwestern Legal Services - Legal Services

    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.

    What's Here

    Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
    Legal Information Services
    Housing Discrimination Assistance
    Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
    SSI
    Welfare Rights Assistance
    Disability Benefits
    Lawyer Referral Services
    Self Representation Assistance
    Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
    General Legal Aid
    Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Eviction Prevention Assistance

    Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

    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.

    What's Here

    Labor and Employment Law
    Elder Law
    Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
    Advocacy
    Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
    General Benefits and Services Assistance
    TANF Recipients
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Eviction Prevention Assistance
    Predatory Lending Assistance
    Court Filing Offices
    Legal Information Services
    Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
    Legal Representation
    Bankruptcy Assistance
    Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
    Welfare Rights Assistance
    Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
    General Legal Aid

    MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

    Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

    What's Here

    Comprehensive Family Law Services
    Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
    Benefits Screening
    General Legal Aid
    Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
    Legal Counseling
    Elder Law
    Legal Representation
    General Benefits and Services Assistance
    Veteran Benefits Assistance