Housing

The economic fallout of the pandemic has left thousands of Philadelphians struggling to pay rent. And temporary protections may not stop them from being evicted.

The CDC ordered a nationwide eviction ban for people who can't pay rent and have no place to go. It's helping some, but many others are getting evicted anyway.

A 1927 book details many of the same issues as a Pew report released this week.

In Pa., it’s up to individual courts in counties to decide how to interpret the federal order. With debts mounting, renters lives are in limbo, and relief is only temporary.

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

Mayor Jim Kenney says the city is still trying to resolve the situation without using force.

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says they found many ads saying people with Section 8 or state rental assistance shouldn’t bother applying.

Another deadline to evict the 100-some people living in tents along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and on Ridge Avenue passed Wednesday.

Local landlord group HAPCO said it was informed courts would not enforce lockout orders for an additional two weeks.

Several dozen families moved into boarded-up Philadelphia Housing Authority properties. The protest encampments face a Wednesday deadline.

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.

When families are evicted, children suffer the consequences. As a pediatrician, I urge Pa. to protect families at a perilous time.

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.

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.

Wolf said state law prevents him from continuing a now-expired suspension of evictions and foreclosures without legislative support.