Homeless Advocacy Project

Homeless Advocacy Project HAP is a nonprofit organization providing free legal services to reduce homelessness in Philadelphia

Established in 1990, HAP is the only legal services organization dedicated to providing direct civil legal services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. HAP also advocates for the needs of the City’s homeless population, promoting positive changes in policies that impact those needs.

01/09/2026

HAP is Hiring! The Homeless Advocacy Project is looking for a staff attorney. Applicants are encouraged to apply by January 26, 2026 to careers@haplegal.org.

01/09/2026

The Office of Homeless Services has published Citywide and Kensington figures of Sheltered and Unsheltered individuals in the Philadelphia 2025 Point-In-Time Count Summary; results can be viewed here (https://ow.ly/zaOW50XU4xs). Though more data will follow, the overwhelming takeaway from available numbers is that the crisis of homelessness is growing.

Members of Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) staff served as volunteers for this year’s Point-in-Time Count. The 2025 Count was held on January 22nd, and is a quantitative survey of people in Philadelphia who meet the criteria of experiencing homelessness: individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

The 2024 Sheltered Point-In-Time Count identified 4,215 persons in Emergency Shelter, Safe Haven, or Transitional Housing programs. In 2025, that figure reached 4,338, or a 3% increase. The 2024 Unsheltered Point-In-Time Count identified 976 persons living in public or private places not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for humans. In 2025, the figure representing unsheltered individuals rose to 1,178, or a 21% increase.

HAP staff recognizes that these figures represent real clients and the increasing need for our services. We anticipate the release of the full 2025 Point-In-Time Count Summary and learning in greater detail about the marked increase in people experiencing homelessness. HAP staff will share those results when published, and how our work, both direct service and advocacy, reduces the growing problem of homelessness.

HAP would like to welcome Alexandra Ravano to the team! Alex is our new Administrative and Intake Specialist, which is a...
01/08/2026

HAP would like to welcome Alexandra Ravano to the team! Alex is our new Administrative and Intake Specialist, which is a role where she can speak with clients both on the phone and in-person at our clinics. She provides information and referrals to our legal team across a wide array of issues. In addition, she also processes referrals for out-of-state birth certificates. Alex graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs, and prior to starting at HAP, she served in Fulbright Hungary’s Roma Student Initiative as an English Teaching Assistant. Alex says of her time at HAP, “So far I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to connect with clients and help in any way I can.”

❄️HAP Offices will be closed for Winter Break from December 24th 2025 - January 2nd 2026. ❄️
12/23/2025

❄️HAP Offices will be closed for Winter Break from December 24th 2025 - January 2nd 2026. ❄️

We wish to thank the community for its role in Homeless Persons Memorial Day, including Faye Chevalier and Andrew Feigen...
12/23/2025

We wish to thank the community for its role in Homeless Persons Memorial Day, including Faye Chevalier and Andrew Feigenbaum, HAP staffers who helped organize the event. It was a meaningful opportunity to connect with other compassionate individuals to mourn those lost this year.

Faye said of the event, “I try to attend HPMD each year because it is a firm reminder that access to safe and stable housing can be quite literally a life or death scenario, and to honor the lives of my clients who passed away.”

Pictured is the alter honoring the individuals experiencing homelessness whom we lost in 2025.

Join us Thursday, December 18th at Arch Street Meeting House to honor those those who passed. Services will begin at 4:3...
12/16/2025

Join us Thursday, December 18th at Arch Street Meeting House to honor those those who passed.

Services will begin at 4:30pm followed by a community dinner at 6:00pm.

Please note that this event will be held indoors to accommodate for code blue weather conditions.

HAP Board President Harrison Lee (left) says he gives to HAP because, "my family and I were the beneficiaries of a local...
12/02/2025

HAP Board President Harrison Lee (left) says he gives to HAP because, "my family and I were the beneficiaries of a local support system after my parents immigrated to the United States. So growing up, my parents instilled in me the importance of community, giving back, and paying it forward. Giving and volunteering through HAP is an important extension of this to me."

Incoming Board President Larry (right) shares that he gives to HAP because, "as a parent, I want my children to have a better life than mine. I want them to grow up in a better world, a world where there are no hungry or homeless Americans...I also want to stress to them the importance of giving back, especially given how lucky and fortunate we are."

Will you join these HAP Board Members in making a gift this for $350 or an amount meaningful to you? HAP thanks you!

https://ow.ly/KoqW50XATBK

HAP staff like Margie (pictured at HAP's Annual Benefit celebrating the organization's 35th year of changing lives) invi...
12/02/2025

HAP staff like Margie (pictured at HAP's Annual Benefit celebrating the organization's 35th year of changing lives) invite you to enroll in our monthly giving program this ! Your monthly gift of $35 will make a tremendous difference in HAP's ability to fulfill its mission to provide free civil legal services and advocacy to reduce the frequency and duration of homelessness in Philadelphia. Enroll today and help our clients year-round!

https://ow.ly/5rSG50XAJYX

Homeless Advocacy Project wishes to thank every individual—whether client, volunteer, donor, staff, event attendee, or c...
11/27/2025

Homeless Advocacy Project wishes to thank every individual—whether client, volunteer, donor, staff, event attendee, or community partner—everyone who helped make our 2025 successes in our clients' lives possible. Thank you and we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

HAP will be closed November 27th and 28th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
11/26/2025

HAP will be closed November 27th and 28th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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1429 Walnut Street, Fl 15th
Philadelphia, PA
19102

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm

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