Can Philly count? Advocates say hundreds more young people are experiencing homelessness than the city will acknowledge
Eighteen to 24-year-olds often “couch surf” if they can, and generally avoid agency services.
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Philly rents grew 6% during the pandemic, but they increased twice as fast in the suburbs
The cost of renting in Philadelphia is lower than many other major cities, but over half of tenants are “cost-burdened.”
Should the board that helps enforce Philly’s fair housing laws be made permanent? It’s a ballot question in the May primary
The FHC has been operating since 1962, but it's not yet written into the charter.
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Germantown Quakers plan to give $500,000 as reparations to Black neighbors over the next decade
Green Street Friends is starting with a series of legal clinics to help preserve the wealth of Black homeowners.
The 18-year-old son of late housing activist Jennifer Bennetch started a GoFundMe to help him and his siblings
Bennetch died last week of COVID at age 36.
PHA owns thousands of other rowhomes like the one that burned in Fairmount
The housing authority has a huge portfolio of so-called “scatter sites,” which were long neglected.
Philly’s unique and successful Way Home program is helping LGBTQ people find housing
Originally dependent on CARES Act funding, advocates are working to make it last.
Sinking in Southwest Philly: How Eastwick can survive the battle with urban flooding
A neighborhood dealing with climate disaster hopes new grants bring relief.
Idea for Philly homeowners who want to give back: Rent like your kids live here | Opinion
Renting a room is an alternative to giving grants.
Philadelphia’s eviction diversion program is a national model — let it continue | Opinion
The program could abruptly end if the Pa. Supreme Court doesn’t extend its waiver.
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.
Squatting for survival in Philadelphia: What it’s like to live in a ‘takeover house’
Occupying vacant properties has long been a tool of political protest — but it also lets families find homes.
‘Fecal samples’ against gentrification? Research activism raises red flags in West Philly
Temple said it had not approved the research solicited by professor and activist Ang Sun.
Inside Philly’s 40-year war on homeless encampments
The Ben Franklin Parkway occupation followed a well-trodden model. What can city government do to break the cycle?
Heading back to a shelter, Philly mom wishes COVID hotel money could pay for housing instead
The funding designated for contingency sites is not flexible, city officials said.
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.
Why Philly shut down its homeless COVID hotels, and why advocates are furious
A private prison company runs one of the temporary sites where residents are being relocated.
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.
Cash aid for renters? Philly revisits plan using lessons from COVID relief
In this model, the city funnels philanthropy to community-identified people in need.
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.