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PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly City Council calls for new eviction moratorium, passes emergency sick leave

Fresh from summer break, Philly City Council passed an emergency sick leave bill and took up legislation aimed at addressing a predicted eviction crisis.

5 years ago

Protesters wait behind blockades to defend the Parkway homeless encampment
Community

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

Courts & Law

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

Activist Jamaal Henderson
PlanPhilly
Community

‘I’m not gonna just walk away’: Homeless encampment residents vow to stay as city deadline to vacate passes

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

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community

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 encampment on Ben Franklin Parkway
Community

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 7:38
Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Community

Protesters 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

Defaulting renter with face mask receives letter giving notice of eviction from home on wooden table. (BackyardProductions/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

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

United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon walks her route to deliver mail in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘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

Demonstrators hold up signs as they gather at Brooklyn Housing court during a 'No Evictions, No Police' national day of action
NPR
Health

CDC issues sweeping temporary halt on evictions nationwide amid pandemic

The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming. Landlords groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.

5 years ago

Houses are pictured on North 9th Street in Reading, Pa
Politics & Policy

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

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Community

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
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

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

Mike Fallaro and Lisa Swinehart lost work during the pandemic and have been threatened with eviction from their Kensington rowhouse. Two of their three children are scheduled to start school this week. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
Broke in Philly

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 4:54
Cheyenne Snow
Community
Spotlight PA

A 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

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