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State Data Overview
Across Pennsylvania, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
KeyFacts425,212Or26%Renter households that are extremely low income-253,422Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low income renters$31,090Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household$57,886Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent.71%Percent of extremely low income renter households with severe cost burden -
State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Lindsay Duvall
202-662-1530 x206 | [email protected]
State PartnersHousing Alliance of Pennsylvania
309 Florence Avenue, #914N,
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Phyllis Chamberlain, Executive Director
Gale Schwartz, Associate Director, Policy & Strategic Initiatives
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Tori Bourret with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$25,998,644
HTF State Resources2019
2019 Draft PHARE Plan (PDF)
2019 Final PHARE Plan (PDF)
PHARE RFP (PDF)
PHARE FAQs (PDF)
2018
2018 Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan pages 210-254 (PDF)
2018 PHARE webinar announcement (PDF)
2018 PHARE RFP (PDF)
2018 PHARE Plan (PDF)
PHARE Fund Reservations (PDF)
2017
PHARE reservation of funds (PDF)
PHARE project summaries (PDF)
2017 PHARE RFP (PDF)
Final HTF Allocation Plan, starting on page 182 (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan, starting on page 183 of draft Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2016
2016 RFP (PDF)
HUD-approved HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
First draft HTF Allocation Plan by Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Pennsylvania Housing Finance AgencyOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationJessica Perry
Manager of Multifamily Coordination
717-780-1881
[email protected]Stacia Rhoads
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund (PHARE)
Action PlansGetting Started Report (11 MB) -
ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Pennsylvania (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Pennsylvania (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Pennsylvania and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Pennsylvania and Nationwide
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