
Housing
Philly homeless encampments show little sign of disbanding
Mayor Jim Kenney says the city is still trying to resolve the situation without using force.
5 years ago
N.J. investigators issue 100 violations for housing discrimination
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says they found many ads saying people with Section 8 or state rental assistance shouldn’t bother applying.
5 years ago
Another deadline to evict the 100-some people living in tents along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and on Ridge Avenue passed Wednesday.
5 years ago
Philadelphia to temporarily block landlords from enforcing evictions
Local landlord group HAPCO said it was informed courts would not enforce lockout orders for an additional two weeks.
5 years ago
Homeless mothers squat federal housing sites as encampment deadline looms
Several dozen families moved into boarded-up Philadelphia Housing Authority properties. The protest encampments face a Wednesday deadline.
5 years ago
Listen 7:38Protesters demand Philadelphia halt evictions; 17 people arrested
Housing advocates and legal experts say it's uncertain how the CDC's federal hold on evictions will affect Philadelphia's own plans to resume tenant lockouts.
5 years ago
Eviction is bad for our health. Pa. must act to protect families.
When families are evicted, children suffer the consequences. As a pediatrician, I urge Pa. to protect families at a perilous time.
5 years ago
‘Do you know anywhere I can go?’: Evictions continue even as city, CDC tries to halt wave
Many Philly tenants will fall through the cracks of a Centers for Disease Control halt on coronavirus-related evictions, housing attorneys say. Lucille Davis is one of them.
5 years ago
Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf urges state lawmakers to suspend evictions
Wolf said state law prevents him from continuing a now-expired suspension of evictions and foreclosures without legislative support.
5 years ago
Wolf won’t extend state’s eviction moratorium, office says
Gov. Tom Wolf will not extend his executive order halting evictions and foreclosures in Pennsylvania because of legal limits that prevent him from taking further action.
5 years ago
Bryant Riley’s dream Philly home turned into a nightmare. He blames City Hall
An aggrieved Brewerytown homebuyer says lax oversight by the Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspection enables developer misconduct.
5 years ago
Looming ‘deluge’ of evictions threatens thousands of Pa. families as school begins
Pa.’s eviction moratorium is expiring, and educators worry about students expected to learn from home while experiencing homelessness.
5 years ago
Listen 4:54A vital rental assistance program is riddled with problems as Pa. prepares to resume evictions
A Spotlight PA review found many landlords have refused to participate, and lawmakers have failed to take action despite warnings the program is failing.
5 years ago
Philadelphia to replace judge that supervised landlord-tenant court
Judge Bradley K. Moss will transition out of his role amid a pandemic expected to result in a crushing wave of evictions.
5 years ago
Wolf: Pennsylvania eviction moratorium to lapse Aug. 31
The Democrat called on state lawmakers in the Republican-controlled General Assembly to pass legislation to extend the statewide moratorium.
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