Housing
The average electric bill will increase by at least $20 because of the state’s annual energy auction.
1 year ago
Listen 0:44A new study highlights growing concerns as students face rising costs, limited on-campus options and increasing financial strain.
1 year ago
Listen 1:45New owners of Divine Lorraine want to return the historic property to its roots
The 110-unit building has been operating as a hotel since 2022. The new owners want to turn it back into an apartment complex.
1 year ago
Listen 0:48Residents anticipate proposed 110-key hotel at site of Broad Street Diner
The latest plan from the diner’s owners is to turn the property into a 110-key hotel operated by Hyatt Studios, a new, extended-stay extension of the Hyatt brand.
1 year ago
A new report shows how Haitian and Latino immigrants in southern Delaware are often caught in an economic divide.
1 year ago
Listen 1:40‘A slap in the face’: Philly metro named among the country’s ‘least affordable’ for renters
The city is still more affordable than other big cities. But it’s become increasingly more expensive for the average resident.
1 year ago
Listen 1:02Philly pilot program brings playful learning installations to affordable housing communities
The Live and Learn pilot program is installing playful learning spaces and activities at two affordable housing sites in North Philadelphia.
1 year ago
Listen 5:04PHOTOS: Aftermath of the plane crash and explosion in Northeast Philadelphia
Everyone aboard the flight was killed in the crash and one person was killed on the ground, Mayor Cherelle Parker said at a press conference Saturday.
1 year ago
New $25M fund to help make reinvestment projects in communities across the Delaware Valley a reality
The real estate fund is one way a local bank is reinvesting into low to moderate income communities where they operate, as required by federal law.
1 year ago
Listen 1:01The plane fell from the sky and exploded into a fireball in a heavily populated residential neighborhood near the Roosevelt Mall.
1 year ago
Listen 1:05Legislative package seeks to increase affordable housing development in Philly
The bills are part of a broader effort to expand and protect affordable housing in the city amid an ongoing crisis.
1 year ago
Median home prices are up in Camden — and all of New Jersey
Camden officials touted an increase in market-rate housing prices by touring a zip code deemed the “hottest” in the Philadelphia region.
1 year ago
Listen 1:03The agency began reshaping the neglected community a decade ago. Now, $750 million later, Sharswood is becoming a neighborhood of choice.
2 years ago
Listen 4:37Pottstown homeless shelter plans inch closer to finalization
If the 45-bed homeless shelter gets the approval of the planning commission, Pottstown Borough Council would have the last say.
2 years ago
A New Jersey legislator wants to allow homeowners to make smaller, biweekly mortgage payments. She said it can save them tens of thousands of dollars.
2 years ago
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