As the chilly days and nights of winter return, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminds consumers without use of a central heating system or using a potentially unsafe heating source in their homes to call about programs to help restore natural gas or electric service, and to

To stem the loss of critically needed public and other forms of subsidized housing as a result of the severe backlog of capital needs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has officially launched its Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), the Obama Administration’s

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has revised its Internal Operating Procedures to clarify and expand guidelines used to direct jurists, attorneys and others in proceedings before the highest court in the Commonwealth. The change marks the first extensive overhaul of the procedures since they were

The 13th Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) Conference, sponsored by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), will be held January 16-18 at the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel, 1201 Riverplace Boulevard, Jacksonville, Fla. The TIG Conference is the nation’s largest convening of experts and

The December edition of the Senior Health News , a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please visit the PHLP website at www.phlp.org .

The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) has issued a newly revised publication, A Guide to Legal Issues for Pennsylvania Senior Citizens , which includes important updates on Medicare, Social Security, end of life issues, senior housing and health care options and long term care insurance. The free

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced the agency is expanding the services available with a my Social Security account, a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, will start offering crisis grants on January 2, 2013 to provide emergency home heating support to those struggling to heat their home this winter. The LIHEAP crisis grants are in place to address heating emergencies such as broken