If you’re a rental or investment property owner in Philadelphia, bills being debated at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg affect you. Hapco Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Residential Owners Association, PROA, have your back. PROA, our state lobbying arm, comprises fifteen local chapters (of which Hapco Philadelphia is the largest), representing the interests of 5,500 landlords statewide.


Our Mission


Hapco Philadelphia is dedicated to the preservation, expansion and improvement of low to moderate income rental housing, along with market rate rental and investment properties. Hapco Philadelphia is also devoted to reversing the spread of blight in the City of Philadelphia.

Our Values


  • HAPCO Philadelphia is resolved to be ethical and honest in our dealing with housing consumers and public and private sector entities
  • HAPCO Philadelphia promotes free-market values and believes in fair and reasonable profit and pricing for our members and tenants
  • HAPCO Philadelphia pledges utmost adherence to the spirit and letter of the law in business dealings
  • HAPCO Philadelphia resolves to participate in political and legislative action and cooperation with City and State agencies, to develop best and fair housing private property practices
  • HAPCO Philadelphia also advocates making government regulation reasonable, in order to continue to make low and moderate income rental properties affordable to tenants and attractive for investment

Officers & Board of Directors


Board of Directors Officers

  • Greg Wertman – President
  • Brian Jackson – 1st Vice President
  • Howard Bernstein – 2nd Vice President
  • Robert L. Jackson – 3rd Vice President
  • Syed Maz Alam – Treasurer and Secretary
  • Vincent J. Bakanauskas – Recording Secretary
  • Victor H Pinckney Sr. – Immediate Past President
  • Paul Cohen, Esq. – Legal Counsel
  • Priya Boben – Executive Director
  • Kayla Robinson- Eviction Specialist
  • Lauren Andreoli- Communications Coordinator

Board of Directors

  • Erik Bronstein
  • Robert C. Levin
  • Jim Sims
  • Wanda Staples
  • Barbara Capozzi
  • Joseph P. Thomas
  • Paul Badger, Jr.
  • Elbert Smith
  • Kerry Nelson
  • Devi Jadeja
  • Seth Floyd
  • Willie Seward, Emeritus
  • Stanley Lassoff, Emeritus
  • Carolyn Smith, Emeritus

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