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Housing
$28 million renovation of Sharswood senior apartments underway
Work on the Blumberg tower's 94 apartments in North Phily is expected to be finished in a year. It's part of a $500 million redevelopment of the Sharswood neighborhood.
7 years ago
Norris — which has housed generations of low-income Philadelphians — is undergoing a redevelopment.
7 years ago
Listen 5:38Gamblers, foreign money and struggling homeowners: Inside Philly’s sheriff sale boom
Once sleepy sheriff's auctions have become crowded with bidders hoping to cash in on skyrocketing real estate prices.
7 years ago
Listen 5:21Guests: Malcolm Harris, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett What makes a Millennial? This group of people has often been descri ...
Air Date: December 14, 2017
Listen 49:14State College has boomed in recent years due to the presence of Penn State's main campus. But what does that mean for low-income residents?
7 years ago
Listen 5:30Four presumed dead in West Chester nursing home inferno
Four people remain missing — and are feared dead — in last week’s inferno at a West Chester nursing home.
7 years ago
Pew Report: Philly’s poor have been stuck in the inner city, separated from suburban job growth
The report compares Philadelphia’s poverty statistics with the nation’s ten largest cities and the nation’s ten poorest cities. Philadelphia is the only city in both lists.
7 years ago
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