Rachel Blake

May 14, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Buying a house involves property, tax, and banking and finance law. You may also end up with construction or land use issues. Eventually, we will all run into trust and estates. Rental agreements are shaped by the Landlord Tenant Act, as well as fair housing, utility and consumer credit laws.

By Rachel Blake and Vanessa Raymond-Garcia

7 minute read

January 19, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (the center) estimated that domestic violence victims evicted because of the abuse they suffer make up more than 11 percent of all evictions. Property owners evict domestic violence victims for a range of abuse-related factors, including because the police came to the property, the person obtained a protection from abuse order, or because of crimes the abuser committed.

By Rachel Blake

7 minute read

July 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) is a nonprofit law firm working to increase opportunities to create and sustain affordable rental housing, preserve low-income homeownership, and revitalize declining communities.

By Rachel Blake

6 minute read

November 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia has many treasured holiday traditions, like the Macy's Holiday Light Show (formerly Wanamaker's), plus some new destinations, like the hot restaurants and cool boutiques on revitalized 13th Street. This area has one new neighbor you might not have seen: an affordable housing development.

By Judy Berkman and Rachel Blake

6 minute read