HOUSING GROUPS

Pennsylvania Low-Income Housing Coalition

http://www.libertynet.org/pahc/

 

National Hispanic Housing Council

http://www.nhhcenter.org/

 

National Organization of African-Americans in Housing

http://www.noaah.org/

 

The Affordable Housing Network of New Jersey

http://www.ahnnj.org/

 

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

http://www.aahsa.org/

 

National Low Income Housing Coalition

http://www.nlihc.org/

 

Council of Large Public Housing Authorities

http://www.clpha.org/

 

Manufactured Housing Institute

http://www.mfghome.org/

 

National Association of Home Builders Web Page

http://www.nahb.com/

 

National Housing Institute

http://www.nhi.org/

 

 

ADVOCACY GROUPS

National Housing Law Project

http://www.nhlp.org/

 

The Blueprint to End Homelessness

http://www.homelessphila.org

 

ACORN Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

http://www.acorn.org/

 

The Center for Community Change

http://www.communitychange.org/index.html

 

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

http://www.cbpp.org/

 

The Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/

 

The National Association of Consumer Advocates

http://209.219.154.214/mainframe.htm

 

National Consumer Law Center

http://www.nclc.org/

 

 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

http://www.liscnet.org/

 

Urban League of Philadelphia

http://www.nul.org/ulp

 

Philadelphia Association Of Community Development Corporations

http://www.pacdc.org/

 

National Community Reinvestment Coalition

http://www.ncrc.org/

 

Libertynet Member Directory

http://www.libertynet.org/ln/menu.cgi?directory

 

Neighborhoods On Line—Philadelphia

http://www.libertynet.org/nol/

 

Philly Blocks:  Important information for Neighborhood Leaders

http://www.phillyblocks.org/

 

The Reinvestment Fund

http://www.trfund.com/

 

The Woodstock Institute--Promoting Community and Economic Development

www.woodstockinst.org

 

National Congress for Community Economic Development

http://www.ncced.org

 

C.O.L.T. Coalition

http://www.libertynet.org/colt/

 

FAIR HOUSING  AND  FAIR LENDING

Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia

http://fhcsp.fairhousing.com/

 

Fair Housing Council of Montgomery County

http://www.fairhousing.com/fhcmc/

 

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Hate crime page

http://www.civilrights.org/policy_and_legislation/pl_issues/hate_crimes/index.html

 

The American Association of Retired Person’s Predatory Lending Page

http://www.aarp.org/confacts/money/predlend.html

 

The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

http://www.bazelon.org/

 

The Coalition for Responsible Lending

http://www.responsiblelending.org/

 

The Fair Lending Guide Page

http://www.ffhsj.com/fairlend/fair.htm

 

The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Support Center

Research Database

http://fairhousing.jmls.edu/New.html

 

The National Fair Housing Advocate On Line

http://www.fairhousing.com/

 

HUD Fair Housing Page

http://www.hud.gov/fairhsg1.html

 

 

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

City of Philadelphia

http://www.phila.gov/

 

HUD’s Local Pennsylvania Office

http://www.hud.gov/local/phi/phiarea.html

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Home Page

http://www.state.pa.us/PAPower/

 

Starting a Business, or a Non-Profit Corporation in PA

http://www.paopen4business.state.pa.us/

 

Pennsylvania Electronic Bill Room (for state laws)

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/billroom.htm

 

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

http://www.dced.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/DCED/community/housing.htm

 

Pennsylvania Codes

http://www.pacode.com/cgi-bin/pacode/secure/titles.pl

 

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

http://www.phfa.org/

 

HUD Home Page

http://www.hud.gov/

 

24 CFR (HUD Regulations)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=199924

 

American Fact Finder

http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage

 

Census Bureau Home Page

http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/2khome.htm

 

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Home Page

http://www.treas.gov/cdfi/

 

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

http://www.eeoc.gov/

 

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation

http://www.fbi.gov/

 

National Archives (Public Laws, Code of Fed. Regulations, Federal Register, etc.)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

 

Internal Revenue Service

http://www.irs.gov/

 

United States Senate.  Links to Senators and to Bills before Congress

http://www.senate.gov/

 

U. S. Treasury

http://www.ustreas.gov/

 

 

LENDERS & FINANCE ASSOCIATIONS

Mortgage Bankers Association of America

http://www.mbaa.org/

 

Mortgage Bankers Association of Pennsylvania

http://www.mba-pa.org/

 

Home Finance Web Site

http://interest.com/mmis.shtml

 

CDFI Coalition

www.cdfi.org

 

 

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania

http://home.uwsepa.org/

 

Community Services Network—the best first link for human services

http://www.csn-phila.org/

 

Philadelphia Free Library

http://www.library.phila.gov/

 

West Philadelphia on the Net

http://users.ntr.net/~reddin/index.html

 

Google.Com—Search Engine:  the fastest way to find anything!

http://www.google.com/

 

Realtor.com  Buy, Sell, Rent, Financing, Maps, etc.

http://www.realtor.com/

 

Community Information Exchange

http://www.comminfoexch.org/

 

Basic Laws On Housing & Community Development

http://www.house.gov/banking/bashlaws.htm

 

Community Legal Services in Philadelphia

http://www.clsphila.org/index.htm

 

Philadelphia Police Department

http://www.ppdonline.org/

 

Register to Vote,  Request an Absentee Ballot

http://www.moveon.org/tovote.htm