


$175 million housing assistance program open for renters and homeowners
$175 million housing assistance program open for renters and homeowners Sen. Hughes and the PA Senate Democrats fought to include program in COVID-19 relief The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority is working with organizations across the commonwealth’s 67 counties...
Sens. Hughes, Haywood join PHFA to announce upcoming financial assistance program for renters and homeowners hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic
PHILADELPHIA— Julio 1, 2020 — State Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) and Director Robin Wiessmann from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) announced a new program that will help renters and homeowners impacted by the economic slowdown related to the coronavirus pandemic, alongside Pennsylvania housing advocates.

Los demócratas del Senado de Pensilvania debaten la agenda legislativa de reforma policial y la gira estatal sobre soluciones de equidad racial
Harrisburg - 30 de junio de 2020 - Los demócratas del Senado de Pensilvania se reunieron en el Capitolio y a través de Zoom para discutir el estado de su agenda legislativa para las reformas policiales, y para anunciar una Gira de Soluciones de Equidad Racial en todo el estado. Los demócratas del Senado de PA presentaron una...
Small business grants applications open at 9 a.m. Martes, Junio 30
Small business grants applications open at 9 a.m. Martes, Junio 30 Applications for grants to aid small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic open at 9 a.m. Martes, Junio 30. Eligible businesses will receive grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 depending on...
Applications for new small business GRANTS open Junio 30
Applications for new small business GRANTS open Junio 30 Small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be able to apply for grants to offset losses as a result of business closures. The application process for the grants is set to open Martes, Junio 30....
Successful ‘Read to Succeed’ summer program goes virtual
PHILADEPHIA, PA — (Junio 22, 2020) — The Read to Succeed Summer Program (R2S), a free program with a track record of boosting reading skills among Philadelphia schoolchildren, is going virtual this year. Online sessions will begin on Julio 6, and the registration deadline for the four-week program has been extended to Junio 25.

1 week left to register for Read to Succeed
1 week left to register for Read to Succeed Senator Hughes’ signature reading program goes virtual to slow COVID learning slope Senator Hughes signature summer reading program is back for its ninth year! This year’s Read to Succeed program will be held virtually using...
Philadelphia lawmakers lay out path for a ‘Just Recovery’ in Pa.
‘Legislature must take steps to safeguard marginalized communities’
PHILADELPHIA, Junio 18, 2020 – Philadelphia lawmakers today held a virtual news conference to lay out the steps the Pennsylvania legislature must take to create a just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the calls for racial justice demanded by Pennsylvanians across the state are acted on.