Housing

Coronavirus will disrupt Philadelphia’s real estate market but each sector will feel the impact differently.

Philadelphia has seen a big increase in renters in recent years. But Bridesburg, a neighborhood of mostly white homeowners in Northeast Philly, is trying to keep renters out.

The Homeowners Association of Philadelphia encouraged its membership to embrace the court’s two-week stay of evictions and be lenient with tenants.

This week: Helen Gym talks housing protections in a pandemic, WHYY reporters talk coronavirus in the city, and the state of the 76ers amidst the chaos.

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. 

As coronavirus continues its spread, city officials are considering a moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, residential tax liens, and utility cut-offs.

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.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s office is preparing a no-strings-attached cash aid program alongside a rental voucher program.

Philadelphia’s Register of Wills explains how to take control of the estate planning process and ensure your assets go to your family.

The Homeward Initiative and Valley Youth House are nearing the launch of their housing collaboration Host Homes.

Reading, a heavily Democratic city, will likely be a tempting target for the candidate running to defeat President Donald Trump.

The revolting bathroom backup follows a week of overflowing dumpsters and raw sewage that leaked onto walkways and front lawns.

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.

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.

The new owner will be free to redevelop the buildings and surrounding land as they choose, with no restrictions barring market-rate housing.