NOTICES
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
Public Forums Concerning Housing for People with Disabilities
[28 Pa.B. 1361] The Governor's Disabilities Policy Team's Housing Work Group will conduct public forums to which all interested persons are invited. The Housing Work Group was established by the Governor's Disability Policy Team to identify the housing needs of persons with disabilities and includes representatives from the Governor's Policy Office, the Housing Finance Agency, the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and the Departments of Community and Economic Development, Aging, Health, Insurance and Public Welfare.
The public forums are free of charge and will be held at the following locations:
Location Date Time North Eastern Pennsylva nia
Center for Independent Living
Lower Level Class Room, IBEW Building
431 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, PAMarch 25, 1998 3--6 p.m. Rachel Carson State Office Building
Room 105
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, PAMarch 31, 1998 3--6 p.m. Community College of Alle gheny County (CCAC)
Room 3002, 3rd Floor
North Campus
8701 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PAApril 1, 1998 3--6 p.m. Edinboro University
Multipurpose Room
University Center
Scotland Road
Edinboro, PAApril 2, 1998 3--6 p.m. Temple University Insti tute on Disabilities
Kiva Auditorium, Ritter Annex
1301 Cecil B. Moore
Avenue
Philadelphia, PAApril 7, 1998 3--6 p.m. Purpose:
Forum participants are invited to speak for up to 10 minutes about affordable housing policies, programs and solutions that are relevant to persons with disabilities. Those who have participated in successful local efforts are asked to present examples of activities that could have Statewide applications. Suggestions about identifying and solving housing problems (that is, revisions to tax laws, ways to make capital more accessible, and the like) are welcome and encouraged.
To register and/or schedule a 10 minute presentation, call (717) 780-3874 by March 20, 1998. TDD for persons with a hearing loss (717) 780-1869--specify the forum location being attended. All locations are fully accessible, but anyone requiring special accommodations may wish to note those needs when calling.
Persons who are unable to attend, but wish to submit written comments or materials, written comments will be accepted prior to April 7, 1998 and may be submitted to Lisa J. Yaffe, Director, Housing Services Division, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 2101 North Front Street, P. O. Box 8029, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8029.
WILLIAM C. BOSTIC,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-430. Filed for public inspection March 13, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
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