Aaron Moselle

As rental construction surges in Philadelphia, home prices are expected to level out in the new year. That’s good news for people seeking to buy.

From affordable housing mandates to new funding for construction in neighborhoods, Philadelphia passed measures that will influence development in the new year.

The homes are part of an agreement the Philadelphia Housing Authority reached last October with members of a homeless encampment.

Council passed a bill that requires affordable units be included in large residential developments in parts of North, West, and Northeast Philadelphia where rents are rising.

The change aims to empower district council members and residents, but critics say it will politicize and delay real estate development.

As part of an effort to save more historic buildings from the wrecking ball, the city is investing in the Philadelphia Historical Commission.

A new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reveals that mortgage lenders continue to favor white applicants over Black applicants.

The mandate will start on Jan. 3, 2022. Restaurant employees will also have to show that they are vaccinated.

Ahn Tran welcomed a family of Afghan evacuees as tenants in one of his apartments, in part because of his experience as a Vietnamese refugee.

The bill expressly bars residents and auto businesses from using public sidewalks and streets to repair and sell cars.

Philadelphia City Council is one step closer to enacting legislation that would make permanent the city’s emergency eviction diversion program.

The Salvation Army of Eastern Pennsylvania usually collects donations at 100 locations around Philadelphia. It needs more people to help out this year.