Housing

The suspects allegedly conspired to fraudulently transfer the ownership of North Philadelphia homes, stealing houses out from under their rightful owners.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken a key step toward extending an order aimed at preventing evictions during the ongoing COVID outbreak.

The amendment to the zoning code would change the math on residential development in the booming rowhouse neighborhoods southwest of City Hall.

The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office will resume sales of distressed real estate next month and move all auctions online for the first time ever.

Philadelphia native Ebony Harris thought buying rental properties would build generational wealth for her and her family. Then the pandemic hit.

State officials on Tuesday announced the second phase of the Garden State’s rental assistance program, which is funded with $353 million in federal dollars.

The dollhouse-sized artwork, by an anonymous creator, is just down the block from several vibrant, large-scale murals.

Councilmember Cherelle Parker introduced a resolution for hearings on the race gap in home appraisals. Nine out of 10 Philadelphia appraisers are white.

Manisha Divecha’s struggles to find a place to live preceded the pandemic, but advocates say her case is emblematic of a coming affordable-housing crisis.

As the pandemic stretched on, some employees moved hundreds of miles from the offices they're supposed to return to once it's safe. Will their bosses make them come back?

Tawanda Jones was on a mission to relocate dozens of people from a school gym, to keep them warm over the weekend.

Racqueal Howard won an only-in-Philly lottery and is now moving forward with a plan to redevelop a vacant Philadelphia Housing Authority property.

Pa. has the second-highest imprisonment rate in the U.S. The Supervision to Aid Re-Entry (STAR) program connects returning citizens with the support they need.

Appraisal bias contributes to wealth disparities and segregation in Philadelphia and other cities. Diversifying the appraisal industry would help.

People set up tents inside the underground concourse at 12th and Locust streets seeking warmth and shelter during the recent snow emergency.