Partnerships and deep collaboration were at the heart of two major housing milestones this month in Montgomery County.  On Friday in Lansdale, officials unveiled Todi’s Place of Hope with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and open house. The 20-bed supportive housing community at North Wales Road and E. Main Street will operate year-round beginning Feb. 23, thanks to a contract between Montgomery County and RHD. Lansdale Borough was credited for being a willing partner, which shoul

One of the most powerful people in Pennsylvania - Gov. Josh Shapiro - delivered his 2026-27 budget address  on Tuesday. And while it was invigorating to see our state’s housing shortage and possible solutions receive attention from the first-term Democrat, our commonwealth is still a place that  prioritizes local control .  That’s why I am excited to host another policy forum this week in Lansdale with locally elected supervisors, commissioners, and council members from acros

I’ll never have the level of fortitude and toughness required to sleep outside in the middle of winter.  Yet people do – equipped with tarps, pallet structures, tents, camp fires, thermal blankets, and more.  Thursday, January 22, was the night of the annual “Point in Time” count in Montgomery County. Volunteers with Your Way Home dispersed to select areas in our county to take a count of people experiencing homelessness. The statistics, required by HUD for federal funding p

The federal government’s pausing of food assistance benefits late last year caused national panic – and rightfully so. Much less well-known – but perhaps just as catastrophic – is a change in how federal dollars are awarded to housing providers throughout the United States. It has the potential to exacerbate homelessness and set off a chain of events whereby families and individuals who were making progress end up stumbling backwards on their road to independence.  In early 2