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Passage of the Whole Home Repair Program Marks Unlikely Bipartisan Victory in Harrisburg

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Pennsylvanians will soon be able to get state assistance to pay for home repairs, thanks to a new program that lawmakers passed Friday as part of the state budget. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports, the program is an unusual victory for progressive Democrats, and a rare example of bipartisanship in Harrisburg’s Republican-controlled legislature.

(Original air-date: 7/12/22)

Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.