The Pennsylvania Works! campaign was built on the common interest of citizens to improve economic opportunities and enhance the things Pennsylvanians value.

The campaign is not currently active, but one of the major successess to which the campaign contributed was the passage of Senate Bill 900, which was signed into law as Act 90 by Gov. Rendell on October 27, 2010. This Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Act of 2010 helps municipalities prevent blight and remediate abandoned properties by:

• Allowing municipalities to file court actions against owners of properties with serious code violations resulting in judgments against the owners’ assets, not just liens against the buildings.
• Providing for out-of-state owners of deteriorated property to be extradited to the Commonwealth for prosecution.
• Allowing municipalities to deny applications for certain municipal permits and approvals if the applicant is delinquent on taxes or other municipal charges, or if the applicant owns property that is in serious violation of codes and has taken no substantial action to bring the property into code compliance.
• Encouraging the development of education and training programs for judges related to blighted and abandoned property.
• Authorizing the establishment of housing courts.

Pennsylvania Works! was coordinated by PennFuture. To learn more about PennFuture's work, please visit our website.