Housing

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.

What good are big plans without any funding?

In Philadelphia, not having a safe, stable place to live prevents parents whose children have been placed in foster care from regaining custody 40 percent of the time.

A new report from the real estate firm Houwzer aims to dissuade politicians from cutting the 10-year property-tax abatement on new construction.

The Federal Reserve increased a key interest rate again Wednesday, which will trigger higher rates on credit cards, home equity lines and other kinds of borrowing.

Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections has been pushing for legislative reforms to change how the city regulates group living facilities.

Herman Parodi threw himself on the floor, calling on the Council to appropriate more money.

David Oh’s anti-squatting legislation has finally advanced out of committee, after nine months of relentless advocacy from the Republican at-large City Council member.

Demonstrators rally for City Council support on a bill to uphold tenant rights