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Community Coordination
The Committee on Community Coordination seeks to enlist the support of other community organizations on issues affecting the interests of African Americans and other communities of color.
Let us unite in our fight to ensure the equality and quality in life we desire and deserve now and in our futures. Especially the lives of our children. 'Oran a azu nwa', which means it takes a community or village to raise a child.
PUC-Hearings to gather public input on the rate increases.
According to Aqua, it is seeking the rate increase to boost its annual operating revenues for water services by approximately $112 million and for wastewater services by $14.6 million.
Under the proposals, the average monthly bill for a residential water customer would increase by 19.9 percent ($16.10). For residential wastewater customers, the average monthly bill would increase 18.4 percent ($14.92).
Residents served by Aqua Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to voice their opposition to the company’s plans to increase water and wastewater bills. It’s important that ratepayers take advantage of this opportunity.
Additionally, telephonic public input hearings have been scheduled for the following date and times:
Wednesday, August 14
*Hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.
*Hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.Pre-Registering for the Telephonic Input Hearings
If you wish to testify at one of the telephonic public input hearings, you are encouraged to pre-register by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Failure to pre-register could result in you not being called to testify by the PUC judge.
You can file a formal complaint, an informal complaint, or submit a written public comment on the rate increase (Docket Nos.:
R-2024-3047822 (Water) R-2024-3047824 (Wastewater)) on the PUC’s website https://www.puc.pa.gov/complaints/formal-complaints/
The Housing Committee
Chairperson: Mr. Malcolm Johnstone
The Committee on Housing: (1) studies housing conditions in the local community; (2) receives and seeks to address complaints of housing discrimination; (3) opposes all public and private restrictive housing practices; and (4) disseminates information and renders support to efforts to eliminate discrimination in housing.
CHESTER COUNTY EMERGENCY RENT & UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Learn how 2-1-1 is helping Chester County residents receive access to free and confidential information and resources, and about the Emergency Utility and Rental Assistance program. Find out about the requirements and the housing assistance resources available to individuals in Chester County.
The Fair Housing Act
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, or the Fair Housing Act, protects individuals from discrimination in the rental, sale, and financing of housing and in other housing-related transactions. Under the Fair Housing Act, it is against the law for a housing provider to do any of the following because of a consumer’s race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability:
Chester County has committed to rehoming 150 households & adding 350 affordable housing units through the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development & the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness’ House America Initiative.
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Resource Information
Chesco Connect
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
Chester County Legal Aid
County-run Department of Community Transit serving seniors and people with special needs.
Chester County Legal Aid
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
Chester County Legal Aid
Kelly Young, staff attorney
222 N Walnut St, Ste 1, West Chester PA 19380
610-436-4510
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
The Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Civil Rights Enforcement Section, and the Impact Litigation Division of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General offer this Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights in Pennsylvania.
Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights
Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program has provided communities over $46 billion to support housing stability throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps families living on low incomes pay their heating bills in the form of a cash grant. Households in immediate danger of being without heat can also qualify for crisis grants.
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Does not provide housing or help individuals find housing. Has compiled some resources to assist with housing issues.
Housing Authority of the County of Chester
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Housing Authority of the County of Chester
30 West Barnard Street, Suite 2 West Chester, PA 19382
610-436-9200
Dale P. Gravett, Executive Director
Housing Quick Reference Guide
Heating Assistance/Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Housing Authority of the County of Chester
Pa has a variety of housing programs and services that can help older adults and people with disabilities, individuals and families with low incomes, or those who are at-risk of, or experiencing, homelessness.
RENTOR & HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE FORMATION
RENTOR & HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE FORMATION
RENTOR & HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE FORMATION
Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program
The rebate program benefits eligible Pa residents 65 and older; widows and widowers age 50 and older; and people with disabilities age 18 and older.
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
RENTOR & HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE FORMATION
RENTOR & HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE FORMATION
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps families living on low incomes pay their heating bills in the form of a cash grant. Households in immediate danger of being without heat can also qualify for crisis grants.
PETRA Community Housing
RENTOR & HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE FORMATION
PETRA Community Housing
Jonathan Capeci, Executive Director
201 S. Main Street, Spring City, PA 19475
610-948-1797
info@petrach.org
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES are civil RIGHT issues
An Illustrated Primer on the Fossil Fueled Industry’s Deceptive Tactics
Released April 1, 2021 NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program (ECJP) released “Fossil Fueled Foolery 2.0: An Illustrated Primer on the Fossil Fueled Industry’s Deceptive Tactics.”
Environmental and Climate Justice
Environmental and Climate Justice Committee shall: (1) seek to address environmental inequities at the local level and advocate for civil rights issues (2) develop a comprehensive and holistic agenda to reduce pollution (3) advance energy
efficiency and clean energy (4) build disaster resilient infrastructure policies and practices.