Income Inequality

The packages create an eviction diversion program, extend an eviction moratorium through August, and address late fees and related issues.

The 1.5 million is a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.

A new study by Feeding America shows the pandemic and subsequent economic shutdown is causing that number to increase significantly.

The Philadelphia police did not have a clear answer for how they determine if someone is experiencing homelessness, which would exempt them from the curfew.

With unemployment at 15%, thousands will struggle to put their own food on the table, food bank officials say

A governor’s order allowed municipalities to extend the May 1 quarterly tax deadline by a month, to June 1. As many have now discovered, Camden didn’t.

When the 2008 financial meltdown happened, we knew we had to move fast. Now, another economic disaster looms and Philly has a chance to lessen its impact.

The disparity in ballot applications follows familiar lines.

Kenney wrote that the city school district will receive "higher than anticipated funding" in the $25 billion budget approved this week by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

The communities hit hardest by the coronavirus are also the most at risk during the extreme heat expected to come this summer, epidemiologists say.

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport had initially planned Friday to remove the between 50 and 100 homeless people.

Since the entire city district usually gets free lunch, P-EBT cards go to everyone.

Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The SEPTA board will soon vote on a fare proposal created before the pandemic. Should the fare plan change because the economy has changed?

A push for a union was brewing before the museum was shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.