The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), along with 26 county bar associations, launched the "Pandemic Preparedness: When Your Home Is at Risk" public information campaign recently. Part of a statewide effort co-sponsored by the PBA, the Pennsylvania Bar Trust Fund, and county bar associations across the state, the campaign was developed to increase the public's understanding of one's rights when renting or owning a home, with a special focus on the impact from the pandemic.
Although some temporary protections and programs for renters and borrowers have been put in place during the pandemic, many people will need help once they end.
Running in October, the main components of the campaign include two recorded presentations for potentially impacted mortgage holders and renters. One, an interview with Rasheedah Phillips, managing attorney of housing policy for Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, is about rental eviction. The second is about mortgage foreclosures and features an interview with Lori Toia, director of the Home Emergency Mortgage Association Program at the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.
Two free informational brochures are available - one for renters and one for mortgage holders. The brochures provide information on the home renting and homebuying process and expectations, the mortgage foreclosure and rental eviction process, and current support that is available, as well as online links to other informational resources from additional Pennsylvania associations and nonprofits.
For more information, readers may visit http://www.pabar.org.
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