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Housing

HUD Secretary Ben Carson is portraying the proposed change as a way to help low-income Americans who are in need of housing assistance. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Proposed rule could evict 55,000 children from subsidized housing

Tens of thousands of poor children — all of them American citizens or legal residents — could lose their housing under a new rule proposed Friday by the Trump administration.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Council member Helen Gym. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Philly renters guaranteed lawyers in eviction court under new City Council bill

Gym introduced a bill on Thursday that would guarantee free legal representation for renters under 200 percent of federal poverty guideline, or $33,820 for a household of two.

7 years ago

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Education
Billy Penn

There’s ‘luxury’ housing at Philly’s community college, but where are the students?

Main Line developers helped the Community College of Philadelphia build the Hamilton, now leasing in Center City.

7 years ago

Permits have been filed to build apartments on the site of this partially demolished church. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

278 apartments will rise on site of partially demolished Gothic-style West Philly church

The building will include a green roof and 54 underground parking spaces, as well as four electric vehicle charging stations.

7 years ago

Demolition permits have been filed for this building standing at 1208 Chestnut St. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Slim tower to replace Chestnut St. Rainbow building

The 52 new dwellings rising at 1208 Chestnut St. in Center City come as the eastern portion of Center City densifies and redevelops.

7 years ago

With bipartisan accord, N.J. lawmakers have crafted laws to help homeowners caught in the foreclosure crisis. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation into law. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Murphy signs package of bills aimed at easing New Jersey foreclosure crisis

With bipartisan accord, N.J. lawmakers have crafted laws to help homeowners caught in the foreclosure crisis. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the legislation into law on Monday.

7 years ago

Rowhomes at 34th and Spring Garden Street for sale or rent. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Broke in Philly

Philly housing costs rising faster for poor and middle class than for the wealthy

Housing costs are growing for low-income renters but not higher-income renters and homeowners, worsening income inequality in the Philadelphia region and nationally.

7 years ago

Bobby McCurdy outside of his home in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

New help is here for Philly seniors who want stay in their homes

A new program launched by Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel and Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia is helping seniors live independently in their homes.

7 years ago

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Candidates hold yes signs aloft signaling their agreement with the proposal of a representative speaker. Twenty candidates for city council attended a candidates forum at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on March 24, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Most Philly Council candidates oppose the 10-year tax abatement

Philadelphia’s tax break for new construction has become a rallying cry among the 46 City Council candidates that will be on the primary ballot in May.

7 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

More inventors, more renters: Four surprising takeaways from Pew’s annual report on Philly

Pew’s ‘State of the City’ report reads like Philly’s annual physical, clocking growth, successes, and struggles over the past 10 years.

7 years ago

A house once stood on an empty lot on Tulip Street in Old Richmond. It collapsed because of faulty demo next door. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Illegal construction is causing an uptick in building collapses. Will Philly hire more inspectors?

Illegal construction has already damaged more Philly houses in 2019 than in prior years — three to date compared to one or two incidents in a typical year.

7 years ago

NPR
Courts & Law

Housing Department slaps Facebook with discrimination charge

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is suing social media giant Facebook for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act.

7 years ago

Philly rowhouses
Community
Broke In Philly

Why doesn’t Philadelphia have rent control like many other big cities?

We used to have it — and housing advocates are pushing for a return.

7 years ago

James Smith Jr. rents a room in Victor Pickney's rooming house. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Rooms for rent: Inside Philadelphia’s shadow housing market

One year ago, a family died in a Philadelphia rooming house fire. City officials promised reform. Nothing has changed.

7 years ago

The deadly fire that engulfed 1855 N. 21st St. began on the second floor. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Room to disagree: Why Philly can’t decide what to do with its illegal rooming houses

A deadly house fire at an illegal rooming house in North Philadelphia last March had city officials calling for reform. But one year later, nothing has changed.

Air Date: March 28, 2019

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