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SeniorLAW Center receives $200,000 Housing for Everyone Grant from the TD Charitable Foundation

SeniorLAW Center receives $200,000 Housing for Everyone Grant from the TD Charitable Foundation Support from the TD Charitable Foundation will help support SeniorLAW Center’s Homeownership Rights work, increasing their capacity

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SeniorLAW Center’s Celebration of Justice: Honoring 2025 Champions for Justice and Raising Critical Funds to Protect and Empower Older Adults in Philadelphia

SeniorLAW Center’s Celebration of Justice: Honoring 2025 Champions for Justice and Raising Critical Funds to Protect and Empower Older Adults in Philadelphia *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** Philadelphia, PA –

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New Right to Counsel Zip Codes Added this Month

The Right to Counsel (RTC) initiative for low-income tenants in Philadelphia has expanded to three additional zip codes: 19124, 19141 and 19154. Low-income tenants in these zip codes who are

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Dec 27

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Thank you to @onwurd for having us on Reality Check’s Sassy Seniors program on Dec. 10th! It was a pleasure being invited onto the show to discuss the needs of older adults in our area, the challenges that they face -- such as elder abuse and financial exploitation, housing discrimination, becoming kinship caretakers of grandchildren -- and SeniorLAW Center's legal services, education and advocacy on behalf of older adults.

Listen to the interview at the link in our bio.

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Dec 24

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SeniorLAW Center offices will be following the holiday schedule below:
• Tuesday, 12/24: Open 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, 12/25 - Friday, 12/27: Closed
• Monday, 12/30: Open 9 a.m - 5 p.m.
• Tuesday, 12/31: Open 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, 1/1: Closed

SeniorLAW Center intake (1.877.PA SR LAW) will be closed from Monday, December 23, 2024 until Wednesday, January 1, 2025. We will reopen our intake on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

Emergency intake only -- including intake lines for Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware Counties (610-910-0215 and 610-910-0210) -- will remain open on Monday, December 23rd and Tuesday, December 24th until noon. Emergency intake only will also be available on Monday, December 30th and Tuesday, December 31st until noon.

Older adults who have an emergency during this time should call 911, the PA Elder Abuse Hotline (1-800-490-8505) or the Area Agency on Aging for your county.

Thank you for your understanding. We wish you all a safe, warm holiday season and a joyous new year!

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Dec 20

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This holiday season, can you help ensure that older tenants can stay home this winter?

Your support of SeniorLAW Center ensures that older tenants have the legal representation they need to fight unjust eviction and other crises. Thanks to support from caring people like you, SeniorLAW Center client Sharon will now age in place and be home for the holidays.

Join us to ensure justice for clients like Sharon - make a donation to SeniorLAW Center at seniorlawcenter.org/donate or via the link in our bio.

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Dec 18

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Please join us for our 2025 Celebration of Justice on Wednesday, March 26th 2025 at The Grand Belle at the Bellevue Hotel (200 S. Broad Street) to celebrate justice and our mission to serve older people by using the power of the law, educating the community and advocating on local, state and national levels.

Former SeniorLAW Center staff member and acclaimed journalist and lawyer Renée Chenault Fattah, Esq. wanted to share her enthusiasm for our work and encouragement for everyone to come out and support the Celebration of Justice:

“I am so excited to again be a part of this annual event which celebrates the important work of SeniorLAW Center. I started work at SLC as their Director of Pro Bono Services, just months before COVID shut down our nation in 2020. It was so inspiring to see how SLC attorneys and staff did not miss a beat working remotely to provide legal representation and advocacy for clients who were most vulnerable during the epidemic. That work has continued over these past years as it has done since SLC’s founding in 1978. By supporting the Celebration of Justice, you continue this necessary work to ensure that older Pennsylvanians have certain rights around safe housing, income and are protected from exploitation and violence. I look forward to seeing everyone in what is guaranteed to be an inspiring and fun evening.”

Tickets, sponsorship opportunities and other support options are on sale now via the link in our bio.

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Dec 13

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📣 Attention! Older adults and people living with disabilities may be eligible for rebates up to $1,000 for property taxes or rent they paid in 2023.

The deadline to apply for a property tax or rent rebate is December 31st. Learn more & apply using the link in our bio!

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Dec 12

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This holiday season, support access to justice for older tenants like Sharon, a 77-year-old widow who was facing an eviction and lockout when she came to SeniorLAW Center. Thanks to generous people like you, Sharon had the legal representation she needed to fight the eviction and will now age in place, within her community and home.

Read Sharon's story and make a donation to SeniorLAW Center at https://seniorlawcenter.org/annual-appeal/

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