The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it is offering up to $9.1 million to address the critical housing needs of low-income persons and families living with HIV/AIDS including homeless individuals and families. HUD’s funding notice is offered through the Housing

Deal Would Substantially Reduce Competition in Sale of Digital Do-It-Yourself Tax Preparation Products and Result in Higher Prices and a Reduction in Innovation and Quality The Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed acquisition by H&R Block Inc. of TaxACT, a

This story from the Somerset county Daily American highlights the "tremendous" success of a foreclosure diversion program offered by the Somerset County court system since last April through Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.

In a joint project of the PA Bar Association’s Pro Bono Office, the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network and Widener Law School, Harrisburg, students from the law school recently supplied PALawHELP.org with a series of information brochures entitled “Know Your Debtor’s Rights.” The brochures are now

Unemployedworkers.org reports that a bill that would drastically cut Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits for large numbers of Pennsylvania's unemployed is moving in the General Assembly, and votes are expected as early as Monday, May 23. HB 916 would make permanent, harmful reductions in benefit

The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted unanimously to propose new rules and amendments intended to increase transparency and improve the integrity of credit ratings. The proposed rules would implement certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and

All across America, there are homes that can actually harm those who live in them. From lead-based paint that can poison children, to cancer-causing radon, to cockroach and bedbug infestations. Next month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is hosting a National Healthy Homes

The National Health Law Program and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association will be holding the 2011 National Health Law Training, A New Era of Health Advocacy on July 11-12, 2011 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. It has been