Housing

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philadelphia real estate professionals say the coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause temporary problems, but won’t derail the sector’s growth.

Gov. Carney’s executive order requires out-of-staters to quarantine and law enforcement to pull over out-of-state vehicles.

Liz Clark, a Philadelphia-area realtor, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way she does business and offers mortgage tips.

Deed recordings must now be done online in Philly and outlying counties. But some suburban and rural jurisdictions aren’t set up for the shift.

Construction workers and developers say the shutdown could imperil projects. One developer has already sued the state for more time to close sites.