Housing

For the mayor’s proposal to move forward, the construction tax’s sponsors would have to recall the construction tax bill on Thursday, Sept 13.

The new affordable-housing is a five-phase, $125 million development partially funded by a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant from HUD.

A housing plan introduced by Philadelphia planning czar Anne Fadullon Wednesday calls for producing and preserving a combined 100,000 units over the next 10 years.  

There were still 1,032 families living in hotels in 27 states and Puerto Rico. In Pennsylvania, only 21 families are still in hotels.

Homes exposed to rising seas are selling for about seven percent less than similar properties.

A new national study calls the country’s housing choice voucher program — formerly known as Section 8 — 'daunting' for low-income residents hoping to leave poverty behind.

But this stretch of Mole Street is actually quite singular: It is the only remaining block of rowhouses left in this part of Center City.

Permanent supportive housing is one of the most expensive, full-service models out there for helping people experiencing homelessness regain stability.

George Fantini’s dozens of properties, mostly in Claymont, have had nearly 2,000 county code enforcement inspections and 418 code enforcement violations, officials say.

Former board chairman questions the suitability of new leader and voting procedure to hire him.

In Philadelphia, fears about development and neighborhood change are often couched in terms of rising home values and increasing property taxes.

Poor-quality houses and unusually high poverty tilt the equation so that demand far outstrips supply here, making affordable homes hard to obtain and difficult to manage.

In eviction cases, research has found, the vast majority of tenants do not have access to lawyers, while the vast majority of landlords do.