
Housing
Philly’s housing market takes center stage during ‘Bridging Blocks’ event
About a dozen residents participated in Thursday’s discussion inside the Walnut Street West Library in University City.
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Can Homelessness Be Criminalized?, A Preview of Philadelphia’s Festival Season
An upcoming Supreme Court case could determine whether people have the right to sleep on the streets or if homelessness could be criminalized.
Air Date: April 18, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 44:56Trauma and Gun Violence Reporting, Housing Prices Through the Roof, Sixers in Play-In Tournament
Gun violence in Philadelphia is down, but you wouldn't know it from the news headlines. We'll talk about how gun violence reporting re-traumatizes survivors.
Air Date: April 17, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 42:59Philly remains a city of homeowners amid sharp drop in residential property sales
Pew’s latest “State of the City” report shows the homeownership rate is still above 50% even as an inventory crisis crunches the housing market.
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Listen 0:49A former Harrowgate textile mill gets new life as an apartment building
Collins Lofts is the third redevelopment Odin Properties has completed in the North Philly neighborhood.
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The HOMES Campaign aims to combat rising rent prices, low-quality homes and increasing displacement in Delaware.
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Listen 1:33N.J. bill aims to protect long-term care residents from being financially exploited
The state Senate unanimously passed the measure, which would prohibit owners or employees in a long-term care facility from appointing themselves as residents' guardians.
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Listen 1:10Chester County organizations to host ‘poverty simulation’
The simulation is intended to be a role-playing experience designed to give participants a glimpse of what someone may experience living a month in poverty.
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Listen 1:05Philly lawmakers seek to save more renters from being evicted: ‘This is an emergency’
The “Our Philly Neighborhoods” campaign also calls for home repair funding and an expansion of the pool of residents who can freeze their taxes.
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First-time homebuyers in Philly area need to make more money to buy a starter home
Home prices and mortgage rates continue to make affording a home a real challenge.
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Listen 1:07Philly City Council probes blight-busting law with hopes of change
Since its enactment in 2008, critics say Act 135 has harmed property owners in vulnerable city neighborhoods.
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Blind Wilmington man was wrongfully evicted, but judge dismisses his discrimination lawsuit
Constables put out William Murphy and his two daughters during a 2021 snowstorm under an order intended for a previous female tenant.
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Listen 1:26Firefighters battling 3-alarm blaze in Royersford, Pa.
Officials say the flames have spread to multiple homes.
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N.J. has a new affordable housing law, but it will take years for it to make a difference
A new affordable housing law in N.J. abolishes COAH and directs the Dept. of Community Affairs to help make affordable housing a reality.
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Listen 1:28Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash
The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help.
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