Housing

Demonstrators demanded outside investors stop encroaching on housing properties within Philadelphia, and called on the city to create a fund to preserve affordable housing.

The money is part of the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative, and will go to four legal aid groups with a history of helping people claim legal ownership of their homes.

$35 million in assistance, which has kept more than 4,000 applicants in their homes, remains available to help those in need.

Previous applicants to the BERA program may now be eligible to receive more assistance for any utility bills or rent that they still owe.

Families who are set to be forced out of a West Philadelphia affordable housing complex are worried about how their children will get to their schools, or find new ones.

The figures will likely cause some sticker shock. After a three-year pause in assessments, residential property values increased by an average of 31%.

HUD has again approved a contract extension sought by the complex’s longtime owner.

The new homes mark a dramatic rebirth of decaying and partly-boarded housing development built in the late 1940s for returning white veterans of World War II.

Norristown council voted to close parks from dusk to dawn. Unhoused people fear they can’t sleep in parks, retribution from police.

Between 2018 and 2020, TD bank denied a higher percentage of Black applicants seeking residential mortgage loans than white applicants.

The money comes from federal COVID recovery and will be dedicated to preserving and restoring crumbling homes that threaten to displace families in need.

WHYY student interns Dre’Mere Reyes and Lamar Reed interview residents who are fighting to stave off gentrification in University City.

The racial disparity in housing struggles is chronic and longstanding.

Residents and activists marched through the streets of West Philadelphia after law enforcement broke up the encampment after weeks of protests.

As the deadline to vacate the West Philly affordable housing complex nears, activists vow to continue pressing for a better plan.