Housing
Philadelphia halts evictions as coronavirus bears down
Philadelphia's municipal courts' will not execute any evictions for the next two weeks, starting Monday, March 16, in response to the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus inspires Philadelphia to consider a moratorium on evictions
As coronavirus continues its spread, city officials are considering a moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, residential tax liens, and utility cut-offs.
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Philly wants to try ‘basic income’
The idea of giving citizens a monthly basic income has come up on the presidential campaign trail. Now, Philly wants to try it as a way to lift some residents out of poverty.
Air Date: March 10, 2020
Listen 14:46Mayor Kenney plans no-strings-attached cash aid program for renters
Mayor Jim Kenney’s office is preparing a no-strings-attached cash aid program alongside a rental voucher program.
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Think estate planning is only for the rich? You’re wrong.
Philadelphia’s Register of Wills explains how to take control of the estate planning process and ensure your assets go to your family.
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Local organizations collaborate to create LGBTQ housing program
The Homeward Initiative and Valley Youth House are nearing the launch of their housing collaboration Host Homes.
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Evictionland, Pa: No time for politics when you’re ‘trying to put yourself in a home’
Reading, a heavily Democratic city, will likely be a tempting target for the candidate running to defeat President Donald Trump.
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Listen 7:00‘Mommy, the tub’s about to explode’: Feces in bathtub latest indignity at Camden apartments
The revolting bathroom backup follows a week of overflowing dumpsters and raw sewage that leaked onto walkways and front lawns.
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Listen 1:24West Philly’s new council rep blasts West Park tower sale
New West Philly Councilmember Jamie Gauthier is challenging a Philadelphia Housing Authority plan to sell two of the last public housing high-rises in her district.
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Apartment tower to soar next to iconic Cathedral Basilica
Exeter Property Group is advancing with plans for a 23-story residential building next to Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul on Philly’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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For sale: 2 of Philadelphia Housing Authority’s last towers
The new owner will be free to redevelop the buildings and surrounding land as they choose, with no restrictions barring market-rate housing.
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‘Rotting from the inside:’ Fast-growing Philly developer accused of defective building
Streamline homebuyers allege “fraudulent, cost-cutting measures” that compromise the livability of new construction. City, state officials are investigating complaints.
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Murphy taps fair housing advocate as next state comptroller
Amid GOP criticism, governor hails attorney Kevin Walsh as someone public ‘can trust to call out the cheats’
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Kendra Brooks calls for hearings on rent control at her first City Council meeting
On her first day in City Council, the Working Families Party member introduced a resolution calling for hearings on rent regulations in Philadelphia.
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Feibush to build apartments on Point Breeze Ave. lot where ill-fated beer garden once stood
John Longacre’s ill-fated 2015 beer garden attracted anti-gentrification protesters to the lot. Now Ori Feibush plans to build an apartment complex.
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