SeniorLAW Applauds Utility Shutoff Moratorium Staying in Place

SeniorLAW Center joined forces with Community Legal Services, AARP PA and others in successfully encouraging The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to continue its moratorium on utility shutoffs. If the moratorium had bee lifted, termination notices would have gone out almost immediately with devastating effects on older, vulnerable and low-income people, families, those who have lost…

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Thank you to our COVID-19 Fund for Older People Donors!

We are most appreciative of your support of our work during these critical times. Adam Wodka Amy and Dave Farurling and Jonas Asha Ramachandran Claudia and Marc Rash Cristin McKenna Dana Goldberg Deborah Khler DLA Piper Foundation Emmanuel Iheukwumere Exelon Matching Gift (from Bill Donohue) Helen White Jacob Speidel Janet Baldo Janet Cary Jason Conn…

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Eviction crisis in Philadelphia is at an all-time high: homelessness is imminent

As a journalist I am a believer in the power of stories. Stories define our humanity. They connect us, inspire and motivate us to action. In these unprecedented times, powerful stories are being shared in Philadelphia City Council’s Housing Committee’s virtual hearing on The Emergency Housing Protection Act- a critical set of bills to protect…

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SeniorLAW Center stands for justice for all

by Kristen Wilson

• Posted on June 2, 2020

• News

Today we work to honor the lives of those lost to racial violence and injustice. George Floyd and so, so many others, from the Middle Passage on. We work every day to change the historic and current disparities of poverty, housing, health, education, employment and access to justice. We stand with our clients and our…

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Governor Wolf extends receipt of mail-in ballot by one week

Governor Wolf extends the mail-in ballot by one week for Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. Amid a surge in mail-in ballots, the COVID-19 public health emergency and civil disturbances in six counties, Governor Tom Wolf today signed an executive order extending the deadline for county election offices in Allegheny, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia…

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Karen Buck quoted in Spotlight PA article on the need for better COVID-19 testing for older people

As of Monday, May 18, 2020, more than 3,000 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19, according to state records. Nursing homes need better testing now. Karen Buck is quoted in a recent article saying: “What we heard from the governor and from the secretary of health was that the plan would be much more…

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