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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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A photo collage of Rosalee McDonald and Virginia Thomas and their children shared by their friends and relatives after a devastating fire took their lives.
Community

A basketball phenom and Fairmount’s ‘mayor’: Philly grieves children lost to fire

Basketball coach Andre Wright remembers Destiny McDonald and Quintien Tate-McDonald as team players with talents that will be missed in the community.

4 years ago

The exterior of a rowhouse that burned in Fairmount
Radio Times
Community

The Fairmount fire and a grieving community

A fire in a Philadelphia rowhouse killed 12 people - eight of them children - this week. We'll talk about the investigation, the devastation, the families and the community.

Air Date: January 7, 2022 10:00 am

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Family members of 12 people killed in a rowhouse fire asked for privacy to grieve outside the children’s school, Bache-Martin Elementary, on Jan. 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘A matter of life and death’: Fairmount house that caught fire lacked safety fixes found in newer PHA properties

Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said the deadly fire that engulfed a PHA apartment highlights the need for investment in public housing.

4 years ago

The exterior of a rowhouse that burned in Fairmount
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

PHA owns thousands of other rowhouses like the one that burned in Fairmount

The housing authority has a huge portfolio of so-called “scatter sites,” which were long neglected.

4 years ago

Philly skyline
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly is on track to build a record number of apartments in 2022, analyst says

As rental construction surges in Philadelphia, home prices are expected to level out in the new year. That’s good news for people seeking to buy.

4 years ago

File photo: People inspect damage in Fort Washington, Pa. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area.
Community

Telling an honest story: Montco will count the number of people experiencing homelessness

The count will include people in emergency shelters or transitional housing, and those staying in hotel rooms paid for by the county since Hurricane Ida.

4 years ago

File photo: The New Jersey State House is seen in Trenton, N.J.
Politics & Policy

Thousands of households set to lose protections as N.J. eviction moratorium ends Jan. 1

Thousands of New Jersey households will lose eviction protections that have been in place since the start of the pandemic.

4 years ago

The words “Not for sale” are painted on a Keninsgton street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s housing politics shifted in 2021. Here’s what to watch for in 2022

From affordable housing mandates to new funding for construction in neighborhoods, Philadelphia passed measures that will influence development in the new year.

4 years ago

Vehicles are under water during flooding on Main Street in Norristown
Community

‘It is not too late’: Pa. residents affected by Hurricane Ida can still receive FEMA aid

FEMA extended its application deadline to Jan. 10 for individuals and businesses in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties.

4 years ago

Will Tung in front of a residential development at 5000 Warrington Ave
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Why is West Philly trading 70 affordable homes for a parking lot?

Opinion writer Will Tung argues against the inclusion of a parking lot in a development proposed for his West Philadelphia neighborhood.

4 years ago

Amanda Payne, Paul Nowell, and their 2-year-old son smile for a photo while wearing masks
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

First families move into newly rehabbed homes in North Philly

The homes are part of an agreement the Philadelphia Housing Authority reached last October with members of a homeless encampment.

4 years ago

A person experiencing homelessness finds some shelter under an overpass. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmakers push ‘Bill of Rights’ for individuals experiencing homelessness

Delaware to consider a bill to create an avenue for people experiencing homelessness to file grievances when their rights are infringed upon.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly wants to prevent people from being priced out by requiring affordable housing in some new developments

Council passed a bill that requires affordable units be included in large residential developments in parts of North, West, and Northeast Philadelphia where rents are rising.

4 years ago

Rowhouses are seen in Philly
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Report: Black people are 3 times more likely to be rejected for a mortgage in Philadelphia

A new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reveals that mortgage lenders continue to favor white applicants over Black applicants.

4 years ago

USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly’s eviction diversion program takes step to outlast the pandemic that inspired it

Philadelphia City Council is one step closer to enacting legislation that would make permanent the city’s emergency eviction diversion program.

4 years ago

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