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Emergency 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