Housing

An all-out effort is underway to stop evictions and lockouts in Philadelphia.

Advocates hope the ruling will prompt other counties to issue similar orders, guaranteeing that tenants won’t lose their homes while waiting for help.

The CDC has issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October 3, ending some of the political pressure being placed President Joe Biden.

Millions of Americans face being forced from their homes with the midnight Saturday expiration of a moratorium on evictions during the pandemic.

Philadelphia’s Black clergy are coming out to support tenants as the federal moratorium that had shielded renters from eviction comes to an end.

The moratorium was put in place put in place last September by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Philadelphia elected officials urge residents to apply for rental assistance as the courts resume lockouts and the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday.

ACT UP, which organizes weekly housing protests near Mayor Kenney’s Old City apartment, said this was the first to be dispersed by law enforcement.

New research published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that repairing even one home can reduce crime by 21.9% on the block.

Officials put more than $1.2 million from the Bucks Emergency Rental Assistance program into the Bucks County Opportunity Council and the local chapter of the YWCA.

As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they face eviction in the next two months. Here’s the situation in Pennsylvania.

A lack of security at their apartment complexes makes life dangerous for many Camden seniors. Buildings’ operators refuse to hire guards.

Tenants at Regina Rose Apartments were displaced in late June. Differing views of progress on repairs depend on who you ask.

Mount Laurel’s Black community has roots that trace back to the Revolutionary War and a legacy that has shaped housing development across the country.

Tenants were told to evacuate in late June. Resources are running thin, families are split apart, and pleas to the landlord go largely ignored, they say.