Housing

In anticipation, housing support groups are scrambling to set up new systems, including ways for people to stay safe outside in freezing conditions.

The two departments have a key role in supporting American households. HUD is responsible for affordable housing while USDA oversees food assistance programs.

The study found that housing prices in the Philadelphia metro are about 10% higher than what the long-term cost trends suggest they should be.

A federal moratorium on evictions is set to expire on Dec. 31. Kathryn Leifheit of UCLA says new data suggest evictions are linked to increases in COVID cases and deaths.

Atlantic City, Hoboken and Camden among the most vulnerable to climate effects.

With their savings running out, many Americans are being forced to use credit cards to pay for bills they can't afford — even their rent.

Some landlords oppose the measure. An attorney for the Homeowner’s Association of Philadelphia said mediation should be an option, not a requirement.

Philly homeowners were approved for CARES Act aid, only to get rejection letters from the bank — which then reversed its position (again).

City Council unanimously passed the bill targeting real estate wholesalers. Despite Council support, some realtors fear the legislation could backfire.

The legislation would shape and limit development in the increasingly desirable section of the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

With an eye to avoiding that fate in the historically Black and brown North Philly community, Quiñones-Sánchez said her goal is to shape the development that happens next.

A bill introduced by Philly City Councilmember Allan Domb and co-sponsors would create protections against scammers plastering the city with 'We buy houses' signs.

Built on formerly vacant city lots, the housing will be earmarked for families earning less than $50,000 and veterans.

The remote hotel near wetlands off I-95 south of Wilmington led to struggles attracting guests. The county snapped it up at auction using federal coronavirus relief money.

Landlord groups say the hold on evictions is tantamount to stealing from property owners.