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Housing

Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. speaks at an anti-eviction rally, organized by Philadelphia Tenants Union, on Wednesday.
PlanPhilly
Community

City gets behind ‘good cause’ eviction law, but with some reservations about next steps

The “good cause” eviction bill requiring landlords to have a reason — such as non-payment of rent — for ending a month-to-month lease.

7 years ago

Eduardo Aponte shares a room with other homeless men in Kensington or sleeps on the street most nights. He's one of many Latinos who avoids homeless shelters, who the city is trying to reach. (Emma Restrepo/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke in Philly

Why so few of Philly’s homeless Latinos use shelters, get city services

Latinos make up nearly 15% of Philly's population and form its poorest minority group — 38 percent live in poverty, according to census data.

7 years ago

A Philadelphia judge purchased this row home at 1514 N. Hollywood Street and the two adjacent vacant lots from the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Philly judge makes $135,000 gaming city land sales

A judge played the city’s land sale process to flip a publicly owned lot for a windfall, again calling into question city’s process for appraising and selling its land.

7 years ago

Single-family houses with ground floor garages recently rose on the 200 block of Arch Street. (Ashley Hahn/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Three reasons why Philadelphia won’t follow Minneapolis’s ban on single-family zoning

In December, Minneapolis City Council voted for the ban to confront a growing affordability crisis and longstanding patterns of racial segregation.

7 years ago

Arts & Crafts Holding advertises 1217 Spring Garden Street as
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

‘Spring Arts’ remake dogged by tenant complaints, code violations

Tenants are complaining of mistreatment at the hands of the biggest landowner in a burgeoning warehouse district northeast of Center City Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Tony House
Community

Amid controversy, homeless shelter in Wilmington fights to keep offering beds

Residents are worried what will happen to them if the shelter closes. The state doesn't seem to trust the shelter after a fiscal mismanagement investigation.

7 years ago

Princess Hill struggled through an unstable upbringing to make it to West Chester University, where she's helped by the Promise Program. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Homeless for the holidays: Some colleges keep needy students on campus

Colleges are becoming more sensitive to the needs of students who lack stable housing.

7 years ago

Listen 4:24
Representatives of the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities packed a Sept. 26 City Council hearing. (Shaylin Sluzalis via Twitter)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Spoiler alert: Philly City Council’s season of housing and development reform, recapped

The fall 2018 council session ended with a landmark victory — Helen Gym’s Fair Work Week bill. But most of the bills they considered don’t receive that kind of attention.

7 years ago

Luke Dunn talks to a homeless man and takes down his contact to make sure he gets entered into the homeless database, and promises to return for a referral for an I.D.
The Why
Community

Gimme shelter: Why a city as poor as Philly has relatively fewer people living on the streets

Despite being America's poorest big city, Philly has a surprisingly low rate of street homelessness compared to other large cities. What's behind this counterintuitive trend?

Air Date: December 19, 2018

Listen 12:23
Sherri Lee, holding her 2-year-old daughter, Aubrey Boyd, shines a light on possessions that were destroyed when a backed up toilet flooded her basement. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New loans for home repair may be lifeline for Philly ‘small landlords’ — and their tenants

It’s hard to force landlords to fix plumbing problems, even when they’re legally obligated. Which is why Philadelphia is getting ready to roll out a potential remedy

7 years ago

Listen 4:49
The Why
Urban Planning

Arrested development: Why ‘councilmanic prerogative’ land deals persist in Philly

Why a practice good-government groups and affordable housing advocates say is unfair and harmful to taxpayers continues in Philadelphia.

Air Date: December 18, 2018

Listen 13:58
Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens, who directs CHOP's Community Asthma Prevention Program, speaks at an event to launch a new partnership with PHDC. (Dana Bate for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health
PlanPhilly

CHOP and Philly launch home repair program to prevent asthma

Many asthma triggers like mold and cockroaches stem from poor living conditions, so CHOP and the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. are working together to upgrade homes.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Jose Osario, 20, a resident of the transition cottage, sits in the living room of another cottage at the Children's Village campus in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Study raises questions about oversight of facilities that house foster youth in Pa.

Foster children who live in residential facilities in Pa. suffered physical and verbal abuse in hundreds of documented cases between 2010 and 2018, according to a new report.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Kenney crackdown on flipping city lots falls short, critics say

Is it possible to reform Philadelphia’s corruption-prone system of selling public land without removing City’s Council’s informal power over sales?

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Detective Lawrence Greene bought 2931 Waterloo Street, center, in an auction of property seized by the District Attorney. The DA was empowered to take homes connected to alleged drug activity without a guilty verdict. The house is vacant today. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Inside the Philadelphia DA’s side hustle — selling seized homes to speculators and cops

The DA auctions off seized homes to the highest bidder, for cash that went back to the law enforcement agencies. The legal process is known as civil asset forfeiture.

7 years ago

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