Housing Resources

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Information

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act can help provide school stability for your child if you do not have a permanent home and are:

  • Staying with friends or family because you lost housing

  • Living in a shelter, including transitional programs

  • Staying in motels because you cannot get your own home

  • Living on the streets, in a car, can, tent, or other nonpermanent structure

Please contact Interboro's Homeless Liaison - Rachel Lambert, Rachel.lambert@interborosd.org, 610-461-6700 x1140 or your building social worker for assistance if you meet the criteria above. Click here for more information from the district webpage.

Delco Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA)

Click here for more information about the DELCO Emergency Rental Assistance (DELCO ERA) grant program. This helps renters who suffered disruption and loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic with assistance with rent and utilities.

DELCO ERA will pay up to 12 months for past due rent and your largest past-due utility bill. For verified Priority 1 applications, up to three (3) months of future rent and utility may be paid totaling up to 15 months of assistance. Past due rent can go as far back as April 1, 2020. For more information, call 484-729-4200.

Homeless Services Coalition of Delaware County

Click here for resources and information from the Homeless Services Coalition (HSC) which works to prevent homelessness, provide rapid rehousing, and wraparound services for housing stability and self-sufficiency.

PA Housing Finance Agency

Click here for information about the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, which works to provide affordable homeownership and rental apartment options for older adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs.

Community Action Agency

Click here for information about CAA's housing programs, including rent and utility assistance for those impacted by the COVID-19 shutdown.

Emergency Shelter Directory

Click here for an up-to-date list of shelters in Delaware County. Click here for the guide to all homeless services in Delco.

CityTeam Chester

Click here for information about CityTeam's programs.

Delco Housing Authority

Click here to apply for rental assistance through DCHA.

Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Delaware Valley

Click here for resources to reduce debt, improve credit, manage your home, and avoid foreclosure.

PathWays PA

Click here for information about PathWays housing programs.

PA Housing Resources

Click here for information from the state website about housing.

LIHEAP

Click here for information about LIHEAP. The application opens early November.