Housing

On her first day in City Council, the Working Families Party member introduced a resolution calling for hearings on rent regulations in Philadelphia.

John Longacre’s ill-fated 2015 beer garden attracted anti-gentrification protesters to the lot. Now Ori Feibush plans to build an apartment complex.

After a lengthy court battle with a shadowy slumlord, the city is now the rightful owner of dozens of blighted Germantown housing developments.

They call it a win-win. A Delaware group is helping former prisoners find work and learn new skills while renovating homes for low-income residents.

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.