Jake Blumgart

The coronavirus has caught up to Philadelphia’s construction and development industry, dealing a blow to a boom that created tens of thousands of jobs.

Coronavirus has brought the idea of unconditional cash transfers, a policy being experimented with in Philly, to the national stage.

The Homeowners Association of Philadelphia encouraged its membership to embrace the court’s two-week stay of evictions and be lenient with tenants.

Philadelphia's municipal courts' will not execute any evictions for the next two weeks, starting Monday, March 16, in response to the spreading coronavirus pandemic. 

A number of utility providers servicing Philadelphia are suspending shut-offs in the face of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

As coronavirus continues its spread, city officials are considering a moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, residential tax liens, and utility cut-offs.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s office is preparing a no-strings-attached cash aid program alongside a rental voucher program.

The new field will be 45,000 square feet and, according to a presentation made to the Philadelphia Art Commission, will require no city or state funding.

The mayor’s plan doesn’t call for any new tax increases, but it does call for almost $170 million more spending than last year. 

Philadelphia may begin testing a cash subsidy pilot in 2020, city policymakers and nonprofit leaders revealed Tuesday at a press conference. 

A plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has ignited a debate about the role of public engagement in local decision-making.

Earlier, City Councilmember David Oh introduced, to wide support among his outraged colleagues, a bill that will effectively ban such sites in Philadelphia.