Housing

Philly Councilmember Kendra Brooks’ Renters’ Access Act passed Tuesday night out of committee and will come up for a final City Council vote on June 17.

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia has restarted its repair program for low-income homeowners, continuing to do the work despite pandemic protocols.

The collapse sent bricks and other debris crashing down onto a parked car and caved in a nearby manhole.

The ZBA approved a hotly-contested construction proposal for a 76-unit apartment building.

The money will be used to tear down what officials called Camden’s last public housing project and replace it with modernized, mixed-income housing units.

Naturally occurring affordable housing is at risk of disappearing in Philadelphia, according to an Urban Land Institute report. A solution? Cash for landlords.

A dispute about a damaged wall has stalled a contentious development project in a rapidly gentrifying North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Occupying vacant properties has long been a tool of political protest — but it also lets families find homes.

West End Neighborhood House has 23 homes for ex-foster children and is building room for 10 more young adults. The agency is also creating a drop-in center.

Councilmembers Maria Quiñones-Sánchez and Jamie Gauthier have introduced a bill to change Philadelphia’s mixed-income housing bonus.

Seeded with roughly $11 million in city funds, the Philadelphia Accelerator Fund aims to finance Black and brown developers to build affordable housing.

The funding is part of an effort by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to study whether changing a child's zip code can improve their life in the long term.

It comes after more than two years of collaboration, interviews, and data collection conducted by an inter-departmental coalition of Montco leaders.

Lauren P. McKenna, Catherine Carr, and Joseph A. Sullivan urge the city to invest $3 million in eviction prevention funding to contain the housing crisis.

Philadelphia’s Land Bank is the city’s primary vehicle for assembling parcels for developments and a tool for generating affordable housing.