(Jun 27, 2025) Rep. Lindsay Powell
HARRISBURG, June 26 – To take on the ongoing housing crisis across the state, the Pennsylvania House has passed state Rep. Lindsay Powell’s bill that would establish a new grant program to support improvements to housing stock. House Bill 1650 , introduced by Powell, D-Allegheny, and co-prime sponsored by state Reps. Brandon Markosek, D-Allegheny, and Tim Twardzik, R-Schuylkill, would establish the Pennsylvania Home Preservation Grant Program, a Department of Community and Economic Development-administered program to help local governments improve the existing housing stock in their communities. “Having a safe, healthy home is vital in allowing residents to establish a sense of stability,” Powell said . “This bill would enable people to stay in their homes, while also tackling the housing crisis and allowing our communities to prosper.” The program would address the long waitlists for home repairs by focusing on critical cases, a key success of the Commonwealth’s previous Whole Home Repairs Program, which was funded through one-time federal American Rescue Plan dollars. Over 18,000 homeowners ended up on waitlists for home repairs under the prior program. The bill was considered by the House Housing & Community Development Committee, which reported it out of committee earlier this week in a bipartisan manner. “As chairman and co-prime of the bill, I moved Read more