Housing

Four people remain missing — and are feared dead — in last week’s inferno at a West Chester nursing home.

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.

Veterans on Patrol runs controversial, sometimes illegal, camps to get chronically homeless vets off the street.

City officials have cut the backlog of property tax bills by more than 30 percent.

Pennsylvania voters agreed to a ballot measure that will amend the constitution to let municipalities stop charging property taxes.

Zoning laws that restrict hotels or boarding houses often don’t apply to short-term rental arrangements. But pending changes in Buckingham Township echo a national trend.

Philadelphia moves to take back control of its public schools. Some Pennsylvania local governments curtail AirBNB in their communities.  ...

William Levitt built his third Levittown in New Jersey. He set it on the banks of Rancocas Creek in Burlington County.