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Housing

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Radio Times
Urban Planning

Evictions, strikes, and making rent during a pandemic

As the coronavirus continues to upend the job market, many people have started wondering how they will make their rent and mortgage payments on the first of the month.

Air Date: May 21, 2020

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Tom and Leah Fail at their home in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly software snafus could affect your property tax bill

An upgrade to Philadelphia’s property assessment system has created problems for homeowners who bought into the city’s 10-year tax abatement.

5 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline.
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Urban League of Philadelphia offers funds to families at risk of foreclosure or eviction

Up to 100 families who are at risk of losing their homes because of financial hardship caused by the pandemic are targeted to receive emergency, no-strings-attached assistance

5 years ago

Gina Moffa, 22, a senior at Drexel University studying business administration, is stuck paying for an empty apartment. “The entire remaining debt was put on my shoulders,” Moffa said. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Broke in Philly

Philly-area college students owe rent for their now-empty apartments, with little to no recourse

Many students are obligated to pay rent under leases that run until August, even as many have lost their jobs and most aren’t eligible to receive the government stimulus aid.

5 years ago

The brick exterior of 6225 Osage Avenue, one of the 36 homes destroyed in the MOVE bombing and newly renovated. (AJR Endeavors)
PlanPhilly
Community

35 years after MOVE, homes that Philly bombed for sale

Developer AJR Endeavors is wrapping up the rebuild of the block that Philadelphia bombed and allowed to burn in 1985.

6 years ago

Christian Banchs
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia opens COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program

Mayor Jim Kenney is tapping $10 million in federal relief funds to help Philadelphia renters who have lost income because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Mayor Kenney’s budget would gut Philly’s best defense against a brewing eviction crisis

A surge of evictions is expected this summer when city courts reopen and a proposed budget cut threatens to worsen the crisis, writes a retired Philadelphia judge.

6 years ago

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
Community

US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus

The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced.

6 years ago

New houses in Northern Liberties. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Bobby Henon wants to delay abatement reduction to kickstart construction

While city officials focus on hammering out a post-pandemic budget, the development industry and allies are working to hold onto a valuable tax perk.

6 years ago

Construction workers put finishing touches on Roberto Clemente Homes. LISC provided financing for the project, developed by Esperanza. (Courtesy of Esperanza)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first

Without stable housing, you cannot maintain your health, focus on educating yourself or your children, secure employment, or be productive at work.

6 years ago

(Governor Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Community
Billy Penn

Gov. Wolf hasn’t answered their letter, so foster youth plan Twitter onslaught

A tweetstorm will call on Pennsylvania to extend services during the pandemic.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kendra Brooks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Council wants to stop an ‘avalanche’ of evictions with COVID-19 rent relief

Philly councilmembers introduced a package of six bills designed to aid renters affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Jalisa McCall and her husband Sean are living in a hotel with money they borrowed from a mutual aid group. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Philly families search for a safe place to stay as city quarantine hotel rooms go empty

Homeless families report being turned away at shelters while city quarantine facilities go unused.

6 years ago

Evelyn Coates stands on the porch of her home in West Oak Lane on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Pandemic could lead to foreclosure surge but in Philly, help is just a call away

As job losses soar, Philadelphia homeowners risk foreclosure, but the city’s free housing assistance hotline can help them get mortgage relief.

6 years ago

Jules E. Mastbaum High School
Health
Billy Penn

Philly eyes Mastbaum High School for temporary Kensington homeless shelter

The city is opening a drop-in site in the neighborhood to encourage more social distancing.

6 years ago

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