Housing

The new program is an example of the local solutions emerging in cities as leaders grapple with growing affordability crises.

The developer of the Laurel, Southern Land Company, will dismantle and painstakingly reconstruct a Rittenhouse landmark.

A social impact-minded landlord is offering telemedicine services to tenants in Philadelphia buildings.

Philadelphia is changing rapidly. How can we design smarter, more equitably, and more beautifully to improve the quality of life of our city’s residents?

People visiting Termini Bros. for holiday treats can help displaced families in need.

The city’s Board of Revision of Taxes (BRT) will push to January approximately 400 appeal hearings for property owners contesting their property assessments issued last year

South Philly residents are pulling together to help families who lost their homes Thursday to a fiery explosion.

Evictions are disproportionately leveled against black renters, particularly child-rearing women, even when controlling for factors like income.

Just north of Fishtown and Northern Liberties is Norris Square, a proud Puerto Rican community facing an uncertain future as gentrification takes hold.

Bedbugs found in the first year of a renter’s tenancy will be the landlord’s problem.

A new study from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve finds major home repair needs in the region with impacts particularly significant for low-income renters.

The financial collapse of 2008 led to many Americans losing their homes, while others profited. Today, unfair lending practices continue to benefit well-connected investors.

City Council’s committee on poverty reduction held a hearing on housing. Residents spoke about barriers to homeownership, affordability and other issues.

The Small Landlord Loan Program will lend owners up to $25,000 to make ‘health and safety-related repairs.’ It’s slated to start early next year.

The $43 million development will bring a full-service grocery store and affordable housing to a growing neighborhood.