Phone Numbers
Emergency Housing
Domestic Violence Survivor
Women Against Abuse 1-866-723-3014
Families
Apple Tree Family Center
(Mon-Fri 7am-3pm) 215-686-7150 or 7152
Single Females
The Roosevelt Darby Center (Mon-Fri 7am-3pm) 215-686-7150 or 7152 Other Emergency housing is available Please contact NAC office 267-858-4246
Mortgage Foreclosure Preventive Assistance SaveYourHomePhilly Hotline 215-334-HOME(4663) Free counseling assistance for homeowner behind on mortgage payments or facing foreclosure www.saveyourhomephilly.org
Housing Counseling For agency list call 215-686-9749 Free housing counseling for current and potential homeowners, tenant, seniors and people with HIV/AIDS. www.phila.gov/ohcd; www.phila.gov/dhcd
Housing Repairs- Income Guideline§ Adaptive Modification Program 215-448-2160 Provides free adaptations to house or apartment of low-income disabled individuals. www.phdchousing.org
§ Basic Systems Repairs Program 215-448-2160
§ Free major repairs to electrical, plumbing and or heating system of an owneroccupied property.
§ Emergency Heater Hotline 215-568-7190
§ Free minor heater repairs www.ecasaveenergy.org
§ PHIL-Plus/Mini-PHIL 215-851-1854
§ Provide home improvement loans to owner with less-than perfect credit. Housing counseling required. Uac.org/home-improvement
§ Free minor repairs to homes of elderly Philadelphians. www.pcacares.org
§ Weatherization Assistance Program Free weatherization and energy efficiency improvements to owner-occupied and rental units. www.phdchousing.org
Senior Citizen Programs
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
215-765-9040
Landlord/Tenant Problems
Community legal Services
215-981-3700
Tenant Union Representative Network
215-940-3900
Public Housing
Conventional Sites-Admission
Scattered Sites-Admission
Housing Choice (formerly Section 8)
215-684-4000
www.pha.phila.gov/
Special Needs Housing
Liberty Resource
215-634-2000
Special Needs Housing
Liberty Resource
215-634-2000
Utility Bill Assistance
Energy Coordinating Agency
215-988-0929
LIHEAP
866-857-7095 or 215-560-1583
Utility Emergency Services Fund
215-972-5170
Vacant House/Lot Acquisition
Philadelphia Land Bank
www.Philadelphialandbank.org