Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Philly delays vaccine mandate for city workers (again) due to union disputes
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has indefinitely postponed the vaccine mandate for the city’s unionized employees.
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Inspired by Jasper Johns, a dance performance will debut at PMA this weekend
The performances of ‘Finally Unfinished’ by world-renowned choreographer Pam Tanowitz are free with museum admission and will only be seen in Philadelphia, only this weekend.
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Homebuyers have paid a premium to live in the Penn Alexander catchment. Will the same trend reshape the Lea school catchment if Penn invests there?
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Philly’s first legislative response to deadly Fairmount fire is a proposed tax credit for landlords
Philadelphia officials have publicly mourned the loss of life but said nothing concrete about changes to fire safety policy before now.
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Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon resigns, two months after bribery conviction
A jury found that Henon used his seat on City Council to do the bidding of powerful labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.
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Shaped like handcuffs, the future of Philly’s iconic Roundhouse is in debate
The Philadelphia Police Department’s iconic headquarters symbolizes police brutality to many. Now Philadelphians will have a chance to help guide its redevelopment.
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Pennsylvania testing deer in Bucks County for PFAS
The testing comes after the Pennsylvania Game Commission discovered high levels of PFAS in fish living in the Neshaminy Creek basin.
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Philly police using ‘every resource available’ to combat surge in carjackings
The city is already on pace to surpass last year’s total for carjackings.
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Philly has few affordable homes for multigenerational families. There are no plans to change that
Philadelphia Housing Authority has some five- and six-bedroom apartments to its name, but they are “exceedingly rare,” CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said.
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A group of Germantown residents filed a complaint against City Councilmember Cindy Bass, alleging the lawmaker abused her power during a community meeting.
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Philly’s rental assistance program is ending
The program helped more than 38,000 households affected by COVID-19 remain in their homes. It is shutting down because funding is running out.
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A basketball phenom and Fairmount’s ‘mayor’: Philly grieves children lost to fire
Basketball coach Andre Wright remembers Destiny McDonald and Quintien Tate-McDonald as team players with talents that will be missed in the community.
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