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Housing

City Council member Blondell Reynolds Brown advocates for her bill requiring universal lead checks for rental units at a June 6, 2019 press conference. (David Kim)
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City Hall is uniting around a lead poisoning law hated by landlords

City Councilmember Blondell Reynolds Brown said the issues delaying a vote on a controversial regulation have been resolved. Landlords aren’t happy.

6 years ago

Fairhill apartments in North Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia Housing Authority moves to demolish one of its last surviving towers

One of Philly’s last surviving public housing towers is moving towards demolition. Many tenants say the time is right.

6 years ago

Ground was broken Wednesday on a model unit on a 700 square-foot, city-owned parcel of land at 2147 Orleans Street in Greater Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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A Philly woman is building ‘not tiny’ houses for formerly homeless people — and their pets

Nonprofit developer Stephanie Sena will test her model for low-cost, infill housing on vacant land acquired from the Philadelphia Land Bank in 2018.

6 years ago

Sheila Armstrong stands in the living room of her 13th floor apartment at the Harrison Plaza buidling at 1050 North 10th Street where she installed an A/C unit to deal with the summer heat. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Community
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Should landlords be required to provide air conditioning?

As temperatures soar and Philly officials invite residents to cool off in air-conditioned city buildings, Maryland lawmakers want to mandate landlords provide AC at home.

6 years ago

The City of Wilmington wants to change its housing code in an effort to clean up dilapidated and vacant homes. This house is on the 2300 block of N. Market St. (Courtesy of the City of Wilmington)
Community

Wilmington landlords, residents disagree over proposed housing code

A new housing code proposed by the city aims to hold slumlords accountable to clean up dilapidated and vacant homes.

6 years ago

People watch from the beach Wednesday, July 10, 2013, as a home severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy is demolished in the Normandy Beach section of Toms River, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

N.J. extends mortgage protections for Superstorm Sandy victims

The bipartisan legislation extends foreclosure protection and mortgage relief programs for certain Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.

6 years ago

A foreclosure sign in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. will create statewide foreclosure database in latest attempt to combat crisis

Home foreclosure is still a big problem in New Jersey. A new database could help.

6 years ago

Parking garage at 12th and Sansom streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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A soaring tower designed for seniors to rise in Center City

A soaring tower designed with aging baby boomers in mind is coming to a prime Center City intersection. 

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council member Maria Quiñones-Sánchez
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Philadelphia’s controversial new affordable housing policy might actually be working

The compromise that helped end City Council’s two-year-long fight over how to finance affordable housing is beginning to bear fruit.

6 years ago

Ethel Halley is one of the first residents to move into 311 Cooper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Camden waterfront gets first new market-rate apartments in 15 years

The 156-unit complex is the latest structure to go up in Camden with the help of controversial state tax breaks.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Force big developers to offer community benefits? Philly’s Council President wants to make it law

Right before summer recess, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced new legislation that would force some developers to offer perks to communities.

6 years ago

Symphony Ramson plays on the floor of the new apartment she and her dad will live in for a year. (Courtesy of Bergen Rental Communities)
Community
Broke in Philly

Property company gives Philly homeless free apartments for a year

Hope & Door is a partnership between Berger Rental and One Step Away.

6 years ago

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is shown in City Council chambers. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Final vote on bill to mandate all Philly rental units be lead-free pushed until fall

A bill requiring all Philly rental units built before 1978 to be free of lead was up for a final vote — until it’s sponsor suddenly pulled it from the agenda.

6 years ago

On York Street in East Kensington, a rowhome towers above its neighbors. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Just one week after bay window ban advances, a duplex ban moves forward

Council President Darrell Clarke is moving forward with legislation aimed at limiting the development of apartment buildings in his North Philly district.

6 years ago

An artist's rendering of the redevelopment proposed for South Philadelphia Shopping Center at 23rd Street and Oregon Avenue. (Courtesy of Cedar Realty Trust)
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Urban Planning
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Fears of displacement are fueling a fight against the redevelopment of an old strip mall

The renovation of the shopping center, part of a larger South Quarter Crossing project that will also encompass Quartermaster Plaza, is slated to break ground in early 2020.

6 years ago

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