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Housing

The City of Wilmington wants to change its housing code in an effort to clean up dilapidated and vacant homes. This house is on the 2300 block of N. Market St. (Courtesy of the City of Wilmington)
Community

Wilmington landlords, residents disagree over proposed housing code

A new housing code proposed by the city aims to hold slumlords accountable to clean up dilapidated and vacant homes.

7 years ago

People watch from the beach Wednesday, July 10, 2013, as a home severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy is demolished in the Normandy Beach section of Toms River, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

N.J. extends mortgage protections for Superstorm Sandy victims

The bipartisan legislation extends foreclosure protection and mortgage relief programs for certain Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.

7 years ago

A foreclosure sign in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. will create statewide foreclosure database in latest attempt to combat crisis

Home foreclosure is still a big problem in New Jersey. A new database could help.

7 years ago

Parking garage at 12th and Sansom streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A soaring tower designed for seniors to rise in Center City

A soaring tower designed with aging baby boomers in mind is coming to a prime Center City intersection. 

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Council member Maria Quiñones-Sánchez
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philadelphia’s controversial new affordable housing policy might actually be working

The compromise that helped end City Council’s two-year-long fight over how to finance affordable housing is beginning to bear fruit.

7 years ago

Ethel Halley is one of the first residents to move into 311 Cooper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Camden waterfront gets first new market-rate apartments in 15 years

The 156-unit complex is the latest structure to go up in Camden with the help of controversial state tax breaks.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Force big developers to offer community benefits? Philly’s Council President wants to make it law

Right before summer recess, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced new legislation that would force some developers to offer perks to communities.

7 years ago

Symphony Ramson plays on the floor of the new apartment she and her dad will live in for a year. (Courtesy of Bergen Rental Communities)
Community
Broke in Philly

Property company gives Philly homeless free apartments for a year

Hope & Door is a partnership between Berger Rental and One Step Away.

7 years ago

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is shown in City Council chambers. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Final vote on bill to mandate all Philly rental units be lead-free pushed until fall

A bill requiring all Philly rental units built before 1978 to be free of lead was up for a final vote — until it’s sponsor suddenly pulled it from the agenda.

7 years ago

On York Street in East Kensington, a rowhome towers above its neighbors. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Just one week after bay window ban advances, a duplex ban moves forward

Council President Darrell Clarke is moving forward with legislation aimed at limiting the development of apartment buildings in his North Philly district.

7 years ago

An artist's rendering of the redevelopment proposed for South Philadelphia Shopping Center at 23rd Street and Oregon Avenue. (Courtesy of Cedar Realty Trust)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Fears of displacement are fueling a fight against the redevelopment of an old strip mall

The renovation of the shopping center, part of a larger South Quarter Crossing project that will also encompass Quartermaster Plaza, is slated to break ground in early 2020.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, of New Jersey, speaks during the African American Leadership Council Summit, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Atlanta. (John Amis/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Booker’s affordable housing plan features tax credit for renters

Saying America has a “housing affordability crisis,” Booker’s proposal also seeks to end restrictive zoning laws that keep low-cost housing out of many communities.

7 years ago

City Council member Blondell Reynolds Brown advocates for her bill requiring universal lead checks for rental units at a June 6, 2019 press conference. (David Kim)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Why Philly landlords are fighting Blondell Reynolds Brown over lead

A bill requiring Philadelphia landlords to certify all rental units as lead-free could pass into law by the end of June.

7 years ago

Councilman Kenyatta Johnson wants to ban bay windows in Point Breeze and Grays Ferry at a time when both neighborhoods are experiencing rushes of reinvestment and subsequent demographic shifts. (Cassie Owens/Billy Penn)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Bay window ban moves swiftly toward City Council approval

Johnson’s ban on bay windows and balconies in Point Breeze and Grays Ferry could hit Mayor Jim Kenny’s desk to be signed into law as soon as next week.

7 years ago

A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Thousands of Philly homes head to foreclosure despite court system chaos

7 years ago

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