Philly’s COVID recovery

With over 45,000 Philadelphians waiting for rent relief, the city is running out of money

Philly is distributing more funding than earlier in the pandemic, but many residents are still waiting.

A recent history of Philly’s best boos (in honor of Ben Simmons)

We’re famous for it, might as well embrace it.

Pa. opens new pandemic rent relief program, with no cap on assistance

Some counties, including Philadelphia, have opted out of the state portal.

Philly’s coronavirus response

Only a third of CARES Act housing relief went to PA residents. The rest went to the state budget.

Of 75k people who applied to the PHFA program, fewer than 27k got assistance.

Broke in Philly

Less than a week before deadline, Wells Fargo relents on pandemic mortgage relief

Philly homeowners were approved for CARES Act aid, only to get rejection letters from the bank — which then reversed its position (again).

Broke in Philly

Millions in PA pandemic mortgage relief may go unclaimed by Nov 4 deadline

Republican leaders in Harrisburg refused to vote on a fix for the CARES Act program.

‘This is the first time it was to my face’: Gisele Fetterman talks about racist attack at Aldi

The supermarket chain says the woman who used the slur is banned from its stores.

Philly’s coronavirus response

Wolf extends deadline for millions in pandemic rent and mortgage relief, but will banks participate?

Legislation in Harrisburg aims to fix structural flaws in the state CARES Act programs.

Philly’s coronavirus response

Philly’s largest bank flip-flops on mortgage assistance, leaving homeowners hanging

Wells Fargo, which recently settled a predatory loan lawsuit, reversed a decision to pull out of Pa.’s CARES Act program.