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"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."
Coretta Scott King
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Chairperson:
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Jonathan Capeci, Executive Director
201 S. Main Street, Spring City, PA 19475
610-948-1797
info@petrach.org
West Chester PA NAACP
PO Box 196, West Chester, PA 19381-0196, USA