(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives to deliver his budget address for the 2025-26 fiscal year to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Senate, a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators announced a legislative proposal for the PA Home Preservation Program. The sponsors for the legislation are: State Senators David Argall (R–Luzerne, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties) and Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia County) in the Senate and State Representatives Lindsay Powell (D–Allegheny County), Brandon Markosek (D–Allegheny County), and Tim Twardzik (R–Schuylkill County) in the House. This program helps by letting houses get repaired around the state each year to reduce displacement of the community and disrepair. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro made a proposal during his budget address in February for an investment of $50 million to make a new repair program for housing statewide.