Equitable Housing Starts Locally

Hello Neighbor,

We are the Brewerytown Sharswood Neighborhood Coalition Equitable Housing Team. This site is a central knowledge bank for the collective knowledge that we hold as a community so that we can all uplift each other. Please browse through and if you have any knowledge to share, please reach out to equitablehousing@bsncphilly.org.

Housing Resources

Philly Tenant Hotline: (267) 443-2500

This service provides free and low-cost legal assistance for tenants who want to understand and enforce their rights.

https://phillytenant.org/legal-help/#:~:text=Free%20legal%20help%20can%20be,free%20legal%20representation%20in%20court.

Save Your Home Philly Hotline: 215-334-HOME (4663)

This service helps Philly homeowners at risk of losing their home to mortgage or tax foreclosure, and also assists with tangled titles. Please note that the hotline is run through Philadelphia Legal Assistance, which has an income limit to qualify for services.

https://philalegal.org/consumer-housing-unit

Eviction Defense Clinic

Philly Tenant's Unions Eviction Defense Clinic provides a free preparation services for tenants preparing for court appearances. It also has information about tenant's rights, and tools and resources for tenants.

https://rturn.net/eviction-defense-clinic/ OR (267) 635-4130

COMPASS

An online tools to assist in registering for health and human services programs.

https://www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/home/#/

Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Housing Resource Guide

DHCD is a City of Philadelphia Organization that provides resources for Philadelphians. They maintain a resource guide here:

https://www.phila.gov/media/20250218114050/Housing-Resource-Guide-2-2025-February-18-2025.pdf

PAHousing Search

PAHousingSearch.com is a database that you can use to search affordable homes.

https://www.pahousingsearch.com/

PA Housing Finance Agency

PHFA provides funding and services for both home owners and renters. It also has a central list of services across PA.

https://www.phfa.org/mhp/serviceprovider/ '

Community Legal Services

CLS provides legal advice regarding mortgage issues, home repair, homeownership scams, L&I, property taxes, private rental housing issues, tangled titles, wills & POA, and more. CLS has an income limit to qualify for services.

https://clsphila.org/services/housing/

Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program

The Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program supports homeowners and renters across Pennsylvania. This program provides a rebate ranging from $380 to $1,000 to eligible older adults and people with disabilities age 18 and older.

https://www.pa.gov/agencies/revenue/incentives-credits-and-programs/ptrr

Disaster Recovery and Resilience Program

The Disaster Recovery and Resilience Program (DRRP) provides extensive, free repairs to eligible owner-occupied homes in Philadelphia that were affected by Hurricane Ida. Homeowners who owned and occupied their homes on the date of Hurricane Ida (September 1, 2021) and still maintain ownership and have storm-related housing damage may be eligible for home repairs.

https://phdcphila.org/disaster-recovery-and-resilience-program-drrp/

Food Resources

City Cast Philly Community Fridge List

This a list of community fridge locations. The North Philly Peace Park Umoja Community Fridge is probably the closest one.

https://philly.citycast.fm/food-drink/where-to-find-community-fridges-in-philly

Mighty Writers

Mighty Writers distributes food at on Tuesdays and Thursdays (23rd and Seybert) and Monday through Friday (35th and Fairmount) from 12:00-1:30p. For other locations, please check the link.

https://mightywriters.org/food-distribution/

Brewerytown Sharswood Civic Association ("BSCCA")

BSCCA conducts food distribution every other Friday from 11:30-12:30 at 3000 W Master St Philadelphia, PA 19121.

https://brewerytownsharswood.org/calendar/

PA211

PA211 maintains a list of food resources as well as information on the government shut down.

https://search.pa211.org/search?query=BD-5000.1470%2CBD-5000.8300%2CBD-5000.3500%2CBD-5000.1500%2CNL-6000.2000%2CBD-1800.1000%2CBD-1800.2000&query_label=I+need+food.&query_type=taxonomy

Hunger Free America

Hunger Free America is a nation-wide nonprofit with the mission of ending hunger domestically. It also strives to provide access to nutritious food.

Phone: 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) OR 1-877-8-HAMBRE (for Spanish)

https://findfood.hungerfreeamerica.org/

Findhelp

Findhelp is a platform that acts as a search engine for assistance, including food resources. The below link is tailored to food pantries the 19121 zip code.

https://findhelp.org/food/food-pantry--philadelphia-pa?postal=19121

FoodFinder

FoodFinder is a database of food pantries across this nation. This link is pre-filtered for resources in the 19121 zip code.

https://findfood.hungerfreeamerica.org/?p=a1U2E00000683p7UAA,a1U2E00000683ouUAA,a1UQh000000a1FJMAY,a1U2E00000683p2UAA&r=32000&t=DRIVING

North Central Philadelphia CDC

This Registered Community Organization distributes food every second and fourth Wednesday.

Location: 1801 W Diamond St, Philadelphia, PA 19121

The Collective

The Collective is a group started by a Drexel student that helps bridge logistics gaps between food sources and food banks. It also hosts a resource bank.

https://www.sharingexcess.com/find-food

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