Housing

25 years after initial takeover, housing activists planned to offer refuge in the former St. Edward’s chapel.

With thousands of renters struggling to make ends meet, Spotlight PA has put together a guide for those facing eviction.

Councilmember María Quiñones-Sánchez withdrew a bill to rezone for a 20-story apartment tower on a former scrapyard and 40 rowhouses.

The court-appointed lawyer employs armed deputies to perform lockouts.

City Council President Darrell L. Clarke said the city needed to increase the level of assistance to get necessary buy-in from landlords.

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.