In the face of all the challenges of the pandemic, there has been at least one silver lining in Philadelphia: the development of an impressive eviction diversion program that has helped keep tens of thousands of Philadelphians in their homes.
Building upon lessons learned during the mortgage foreclosure crisis, the Philadelphia court system implemented an eviction diversion program that has become a model for the entire country on how to prevent evictions and effectively use federal funding allocated under the various COVID-19 relief packages passed by Congress. Philadelphia’s program has been hailed as a success in the Congressional Record and by the Biden administration, including in a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice to courts nationwide in order to raise awareness about available rental assistance and avoid a wave of new evictions. Other Pennsylvania counties have adopted similar programs as well.
Despite the success of Philly’s eviction diversion program, its continuation is in jeopardy. The program has operated under a rules change granted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that expires at the end of October.
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