Pottstown Housing Coalition

03/30/2026

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Join us Monday at Victory Christian Life and share your experiences renting in the borough. Please share.

Do you rent a home in the Borough of Pottstown ? The Pottstown Housing Coalition wants to hear from you to better understand your concerns so we can help work toward solutions! Choose one of the dates noted in the graphic -- and add your insights to this conversation. Please share!
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03/16/2026

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03/11/2026

Pottstown Renters: we want to hear from you. We are organizing listening sessions. Please come and share your experiences as a renter with Pottstown Housing Coalition. We want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. Come to any one of three sessions, and please share.

March 19th 7:00 pm at Pottstown Borough Hall, Meeting Room.

March 30th 10:00 am at Victory Christian Life Center, 28 N Washington Street.

April 18th 1:00 pm at The Pottstown Integrated Wellness Complex, 724 N Adams Street, 2nd floor meeting room.

03/10/2026

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A new PHFA report, Building Opportunity: PHARE funding trends and county profiles (2022-2024), highlights the success and reach of the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) Fund.

Individual county profiles, along with multicounty and statewide reports, can be viewed at https://www.phfa.org/housingstudy/.

Key findings include:
🔘 Between 2022 and 2024, PHARE awarded nearly $177 million which were used to create or preserve an estimated 8,268 affordable housing units.
🔘 PHARE funding helps grantees leverage additional public and private funding. The state’s $177 million investment through PHARE leveraged approximately $1.8 billion in additional funding.
🔘 PHARE is successful at targeting state funds at the highest need populations: approximately $126 million dollars of the $177 million awarded were reserved for assisting households at or below 50% Area Median Income.
🔘 The program is oversubscribed every year; requests outpace available funds by a factor of about 2.5. Over the period of the study, requests exceeded $435 million, while only $177 million was awarded.
🔘 Since the need is so large, the program often partially funds projects to stretch already limited resources. Between 2022 and 2024, PHFA could only fully fund 27% of PHARE applicants, with 51% receiving partial awards and 27% remaining unfunded.

View the full release at https://www.phfa.org/news/pressreleases.aspx.

02/24/2026

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If you need help heating your home this winter, applications for the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are open until April 10, 2026.

LIHEAP provides cash grants to help eligible Pennsylvania families pay their heating bills. Please visit this website to learn more about the program and apply!

https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/liheap.html

02/20/2026

It was great to see so many of the borough landlords at our meeting last night. A lot of great ideas were shared and connections made, and several issues came up that give us plenty to work on these next few months.

If you’re a landlord in the borough of Pottstown, please join our landlords discussion group and join in the conversation.

02/19/2026

Renter info - resources & more

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Renters in Montgomery County: Know Your Rights

Every renter deserves a safe, fair, and stable home. If you’re renting in , there are resources available to help you understand your rights—and get support if something doesn’t seem right.

🏠 Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania offers an excellent, easy-to-read guide to your rights as a renter in PA, including protections against discrimination, rules about security deposits, repairs, evictions, and more.
📘 Read it here:
https://www.equalhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Know-Your-Rights-as-a-Renter-in-PA-English_2023_DIGITAL.pdf

⚖️ Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) provides free civil legal assistance to eligible residents who are facing issues such as eviction, unsafe living conditions, or landlord-tenant disputes.
Learn more or get help: https://www.lasp.org/

If you’re unsure about a situation with your landlord, or think your rights may have been violated, you are not alone. These organizations are here to support you.

📢 Please share to help spread the word and keep renters informed!

02/16/2026

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We are looking for additional neighbors to help us improve the quality of life in the Hobart's Run focus area (and all of the Borough of Pottstown ! The time commitment is minimal -- but your input is highly valued! Please, won't you be a good Hobart's Run neighbor? 🥰 Learn more: https://hobartsrunpottstown.org/programs/block-captain/
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02/13/2026

Check out the new PA Housing Action Plan!

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We’re proud to unveil Pennsylvania’s first-ever comprehensive Housing Action Plan — a bold statewide roadmap to increase housing supply, improve affordability, and stabilize housing for all Pennsylvanians by 2035. 🏡✨

Housing isn’t just about homes — it’s about economic growth, workforce attraction, and community vitality. With over 450,000 homes needed by 2035, this plan sets measurable goals and tailored solutions for urban, suburban, and rural communities alike.

Led by data and the voices of over 2,500 Pennsylvanians, the plan includes 28 actionable initiatives — from modernizing development regulations to expanding housing supply and supporting sustainable homeownership.

This is a proud moment for PA as we lead the region on housing access and affordability. Together, we’re building stronger, more vibrant communities.

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02/05/2026

Realtors and Real Estate Agents: If you have clients who are currently renting and want to buy a home in the Borough of Pottstown, here is a LIMITED TIME offer to help them make the move! A map of the eligible purchase area appears on our website at https://hobartsrunpottstown.org/hobarts-run-pottstown-foundation-provide-homeowner-incentives-via-june-30/. We thank the Pottstown Regional Community Foundation for the grant funding to make this possible.
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11/14/2025

Just a reminder that, if you have yet to file for the 2024 Property Tax/Rent Rebate, you have until December 31, 2025 to do so.

The PTRR program is open to those over the age of 65, widows or widowers over the age of 50 or those on Disability AND have an income of less than $46,520 (only half of Social Security counts towards that income limit).

My office can help you complete your rebate when you bring in the required documents or you can do it here: https://mypath.pa.gov/