
Posts tagged with Housing


Philly rents grew 6% during the pandemic, but they increased twice as fast in the suburbs

Should the board that helps enforce Philly’s fair housing laws be made permanent? It’s a ballot question in the May primary
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Germantown Quakers plan to give $500,000 as reparations to Black neighbors over the next decade

The 18-year-old son of late housing activist Jennifer Bennetch started a GoFundMe to help him and his siblings

PHA owns thousands of other rowhomes like the one that burned in Fairmount

Philly’s unique and successful Way Home program is helping LGBTQ people find housing

Sinking in Southwest Philly: How Eastwick can survive the battle with urban flooding

Idea for Philly homeowners who want to give back: Rent like your kids live here | Opinion

Philadelphia’s eviction diversion program is a national model — let it continue | Opinion

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

Squatting for survival in Philadelphia: What it’s like to live in a ‘takeover house’

‘Fecal samples’ against gentrification? Research activism raises red flags in West Philly

Inside Philly’s 40-year war on homeless encampments

Heading back to a shelter, Philly mom wishes COVID hotel money could pay for housing instead

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

Why Philly shut down its homeless COVID hotels, and why advocates are furious

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

Cash aid for renters? Philly revisits plan using lessons from COVID relief
