Pennsylvania Archives

February 12, 2024April 25, 2024

Facing Up to Discriminatory Deed Language: What Pennsylvania Did

With everything that’s happening in the world, maybe more needs to be said about what the Pennsylvania Senate did in December. Every senator agreed to pass state Rep. Justin Fleming’s H.B. 1289, enabling homeowners to publicly condemn offensive language in deed covenants. The new law 1289 makes it cheap or free, and very simple to do.

This law had already passed in the House, of course – in June 2023. It just needed the governor to sign it into law. And the governor did.

It’s a new Pennsylvania law that we all need to know about.

October 16, 2023April 25, 2024

A Ray of Sunshine for Older and Disabled Residents: Pennsylvania’s Amped-Up Property Tax Assistance Can Help

Getting over the hurdle of property tax payments is harder these days. That’s because taxable home values have gone up.

So older Pennsylvanians are praising their governor, Josh Shapiro, for signing Act 7 of 2023 into law. It enlarges Pennsylvania’s Property Tax / Rent Rebate (PTRR). Hundreds of thousands of people — those who own, and those who rent — will benefit from the change. They include: Pennsylvanians aged 65 and up; surviving spouses aged 50 and up; and people with disabilities who are at least 18 years old.

The modified law takes effect in January 2024. But you need to know about it in order to get it! So here’s a Q&A to describe what’s going on.