In addition to meeting the immediate needs of homeless people, HAP strives to break the long-term causes of homelessness by matching volunteer attorneys with community groups that develop housing and other services for homeless persons. These volunteers assist with a variety of legal issues such as zoning matters, tax issues, and nonprofit incorporation.

HAP’s program is vital to community groups because it enables them to apply their scarce resources towards developing housing and other services for homeless people rather than towards costly legal fees.

For more information or to volunteer for this project, please call 215-523-9595, or email HAP's Executive Director, Marsha Cohen, at marsha@philalegal.org.