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Fetterman and McCormick voted for bipartisan housing reform. Will Trump sign it?
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan piece of legislation that aims to address housing needs cruised through both chambers last week with the support of nearly the entire Pennsylvania delegation. On Monday, U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick said they hoped...
Backyard homes and basement apartments could become easier to build in Pa. Here’s why
Ask an economist how to make housing more affordable in the U.S. and they’ll likely mention a straightforward solution: build more homes. While it’s not a silver bullet, building more homes gives buyers and renters more options, helping slow the upward climb of home...
The Media Must Do a Better Job Covering Homelessness
Over the last four years in Bucks County alone, the number of domestic violence survivors experiencing homelessness has increased 78%. That staggering statistic provided by Jen Locker, Executive Director at A Woman’s Place, Bucks County’s only DV organization, might...
Congress Passes Bipartisan Housing Act Rooted in Pennsylvania Legislation — But Trump Declines to Sign
A bipartisan housing bill with direct ties to Pennsylvania cleared both chambers of Congress, drawing attention to the local roots of national housing policy. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes a nationwide Whole-Home Repairs program fashioned after a 2022...
Advocates Call for Transit Funding in the 2026–2027 PA State Budget
PHILADELPHIA, PA − June 26, 2026 − Today, transit advocates, community leaders, and elected representatives gathered near Independence Mall to call for funding in the 2026–2027 Pennsylvania state budget to keep transit systems moving across the Commonwealth.
Lacking Trump’s signature, a major congressional housing bill with Va. roots still has a path to law
President Donald Trump was expected to sign a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that represents the most significant congressional action to address the nation’s housing shortage in decades, which has aspects first piloted in Virginia. Trump instead declined to sign and...
PA state senators call for ICE Out of Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — On June 9, 2026, Pennsylvania state senators joined dozens of advocates and community leaders from across the Commonwealth in a united call for ICE Out of Pennsylvania with a suite of bills to protect the safety of Pennsylvania’s communities and...
Pa. lawmakers want to keep feds out of polling places in November
President Donald Trump's decision earlier this year to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into crowded airports to ease wait times raised the specter he could deploy federal agents to polling places on Election Day. Trump sent ICE to a dozen airports in...
Senate Democrats Highlight Housing Legislation to Deliver Safe, Affordable Housing to Every Pennsylvanian
HARRISBURG, PA − June 24, 2026 − Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucusgathered in the Main Capitol Rotunda today to champion bills, initiatives, and investments that will bring down the cost of housing for Pennsylvanians and empower renters. “As...
Pa. Senate Democrats lament stalled federal housing bill with commonwealth connections
A widely supported, bipartisan bill designed to lower housing costs and incentivize building across the country is in the hands of President Donald Trump, who said he won’t sign until Congress passes an unpopular election oversight proposal. The 21st Century ROAD to...
Trump stalls housing package with Pa. roots to push for SAVE Act
President Donald Trump stalled the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cleared both chambers of Congress with overwhelming support and included US Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) Whole Home Repairs Act and the Housing Supply Framework Act, in an effort to...
‘Everyone needs a home’: Lancaster County lawmakers, housing leaders applaud passage of landmark U.S. housing bill
Lancaster County housing leaders and elected officials Wednesday celebrated the passage of a bipartisan package of bills in Congress aimed at expanding affordable housing stock and homeownership opportunities. The package includes the Whole-Home Repairs Act,...
Bipartisan housing bill with roots in Allegheny County passed Congress. Trump declined to sign it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Months of bipartisan work on the most sweeping housing legislation in decades was upended Wednesday when President Donald Trump canceled his signing of the bill just hours before it was to become law. The surprise move threw into doubt the future of...
A new bipartisan housing law was on track to bring Pennsylvania’s home-repair program nationwide. Then Trump refused to sign the bill.
WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania program that assists homeowners and small landlords by financing repairs was on track Wednesday to expand nationwide, after Congress this week passed a bill that both Republicans and Democrats are celebrating as the first major federal...
Fetterman Housing Measures Advance as Congress Sends Bill to Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress has approved a sweeping bipartisan housing package that includes two measures backed by Sen. John Fetterman aimed at preserving existing housing stock and helping local governments address housing shortages, sending the legislation to...
PA’s Celebrated Whole-Home Repairs Program Becomes National Law with Passage of Federal 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Senator Saval speaks at a rally in Harrisburg, PA in 2022 during the campaign for Whole-Home Repairs. Created as part of the 2022–2023 budget with an appropriation of $125 million, the program was the first of its kind in the nation, repairing homes and stabilizing...
Senator Saval Joins AIA of Central Pennsylvania in Celebrating 250th Anniversary of United States
Senator Saval Celebrates Indian American History as American History
State legislators propose bills to keep ICE officers away from ‘sensitive’ spaces
On the heels of Congress funneling an additional $70 billion toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, state Sen. Lindsey Williams and other legislators have proposed a package of bills to protect sensitive places, such as schools, hospitals and...
Shining the spotlight on America’s Black Revolutionary Era icons | Shackamaxon
This Juneteenth edition of Shackamaxon looks at the housing debate in Harrisburg, the recent state Supreme Court decision on skill games, and some Revolutionary Era stories you might not have heard before.