Pandemic preparedness: When your home is at risk

Many Pennsylvania families are suffering financial setbacks because of job losses related to COVID-19.

Mortgage foreclosures and evictions from rental properties are expected when moratoria and programs providing financial relief come to an end.

Part of a statewide effort co-sponsored by the PBA, the Pennsylvania Bar Trust Fund and 26 county bar associations across the state, "Pandemic preparedness: When your home is at risk" was developed to increase the public’s understanding of their rights when renting or owning a home, with a special focus on the impact from the pandemic.

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PBA Eviction Resources for Renters

What You Should Know Now About Rental Evictions (video with David E. Schwager, president, Pennsylvania Bar Association , and Rasheedah Phillips, managing attorney, Landlord-Tenant Housing Unit, Community Legal Services of Pennsylvania)

View more eviction resources for renters.


PBA Foreclosure Resources for Homeowners

What You Should Know Now about Mortgage Foreclosure and Assistance Programs (video with David E. Schwager, president, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Lori Toia, director, Homeowners’ Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, PHFA)

View more foreclosure resources for homeowners.


Thanks to our participating bar associations:

Beaver County Bar Association, Berks County Bar Association, Blair County Bar Association, Bucks County Bar Association, Cambria County Bar Association, Carbon County Bar Association, Centre County Bar Association, Chester County Bar Association, Cumberland County Bar Association, Dauphin County Bar Association, Delaware County Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association, Franklin County Bar Association, Lackawanna Bar Association, Lancaster Bar Association, Lawrence County Bar Association, Lycoming Law Association, Mercer County Bar Association, Montgomery Bar Association, Monroe County Bar Association, Northampton County Bar Association, Venango County Bar Association, Washington County Bar Association, Westmoreland Bar Association, Wilkes Barre Law & Library Association and York County Bar Association.