The November edition of the PA Health Law News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available. To subscribe to this newsletter, view prior editions or for more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please visit their website at www.phlp.org

Regional Housing Legal Services will be conducting a webinar entitled Living in a Mobile Home Park: Rights of Residents under the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act on Decmber 14, 2011 from 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Eastern. This webinar will deal with the rights of an owner-resident of a manufactured

The United States Justice Department has announced the launch of a live webinar series on avoiding workplace discrimination. The webinars coincide with the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which created the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related

In an annual reminder to taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service announced today that it is looking to return $153.3 million in undelivered tax refund checks. In all, 99,123 taxpayers are due refund checks this year that could not be delivered because of mailing address errors. Undelivered refund

The Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (PULP) has released the 2011-2012 electronic edition of The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Pennsylvania Advocates Manual. It has been developed and produced by the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (PULP) for use by members of the Pennsylvania

Thousands more very low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities will have access to affordable supportive housing thanks to $749 million in housing assistance announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These grants will help non-profit organizations produce

This editorial from the Harrisburg Patriot-News appeared on Sunday, November 20, 2011. The editorial discusses upcoming funding cuts for legal aid in Pennsylvania and urges the creation of a stable funding strategy for legal aid so the poor and needy have access to attorneys.

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency’s most popular online services, the applications for retirement and Medicare and for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs, are now available in Spanish. The new online services are available at www.segurosocial