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Housing

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Community

Protesters demand Philadelphia halt evictions; 17 people arrested

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.

6 years ago

Defaulting renter with face mask receives letter giving notice of eviction from home on wooden table. (BackyardProductions/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

Eviction is bad for our health. Pa. must act to protect families.

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

6 years ago

United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon walks her route to deliver mail in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘Do you know anywhere I can go?’: Evictions continue even as city, CDC tries to halt wave

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.

6 years ago

Demonstrators hold up signs as they gather at Brooklyn Housing court during a 'No Evictions, No Police' national day of action
NPR
Health

CDC issues sweeping temporary halt on evictions nationwide amid pandemic

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.

6 years ago

Houses are pictured on North 9th Street in Reading, Pa
Politics & Policy

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf urges state lawmakers to suspend evictions

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

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Community

Wolf won’t extend state’s eviction moratorium, office says

Gov. Tom Wolf will not extend his executive order halting evictions and foreclosures in Pennsylvania because of legal limits that prevent him from taking further action.

6 years ago

Bryant Riley
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Bryant Riley’s dream Philly home turned into a nightmare. He blames City Hall

An aggrieved Brewerytown homebuyer says lax oversight by the Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspection enables developer misconduct.

6 years ago

Mike Fallaro and Lisa Swinehart lost work during the pandemic and have been threatened with eviction from their Kensington rowhouse. Two of their three children are scheduled to start school this week. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
Broke in Philly

Looming ‘deluge’ of evictions threatens thousands of Pa. families as school begins

Pa.’s eviction moratorium is expiring, and educators worry about students expected to learn from home while experiencing homelessness.

6 years ago

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Cheyenne Snow
Community
Spotlight PA

A vital rental assistance program is riddled with problems as Pa. prepares to resume evictions

A Spotlight PA review found many landlords have refused to participate, and lawmakers have failed to take action despite warnings the program is failing.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Bradley K. Moss (Courtesy of Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Philadelphia to replace judge that supervised landlord-tenant court

Judge Bradley K. Moss will transition out of his role amid a pandemic expected to result in a crushing wave of evictions.

6 years ago

Reading, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Wolf: Pennsylvania eviction moratorium to lapse Aug. 31

The Democrat called on state lawmakers in the Republican-controlled General Assembly to pass legislation to extend the statewide moratorium.

6 years ago

The words “Not for sale” are painted on a Keninsgton street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Planning Commission rejects plans for affordable housing on ‘very small lots’

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha and Scannapieco Development Corporation want to build small, two-family rowhomes on vacant city-owned lots.

6 years ago

A sale sign is seen in front of a home in Miami. FHA loans are used by many minority, lower-income, and first-time homebuyers because the low down payments make homeownership more affordable. But this demographic is more likely to be hurt financially during the pandemic, and many FHA borrowers are skipping mortgage payments. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Loans for 1st-time homebuyers see record delinquencies

It's a sign that minority, lower income, and first-time home buyers are getting hit hard financially amid the pandemic.

6 years ago

The encampment near the Ben Franklin Parkway, seen from above in late July. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Encampment residents file restraining order against Mayor Kenney over eviction

The city backed off its second eviction notice, as councilmembers work toward a peaceful resolution.

6 years ago

The recently renovated Harbison's Dairy bottle in Kensington
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

For rent: Apartments under the ‘Eiffel Tower of Kensington’ — a giant milk bottle

Rents in the iconic former dairy will start at $925 for a studio and $1,750 for a two-bedroom.

6 years ago

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