Income Inequality
Chester County organizations to host ‘poverty simulation’
The simulation is intended to be a role-playing experience designed to give participants a glimpse of what someone may experience living a month in poverty.
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Listen 1:05Philly lawmakers seek to save more renters from being evicted: ‘This is an emergency’
The “Our Philly Neighborhoods” campaign also calls for home repair funding and an expansion of the pool of residents who can freeze their taxes.
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First-time homebuyers in Philly area need to make more money to buy a starter home
Home prices and mortgage rates continue to make affording a home a real challenge.
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Listen 1:07Ed Department error may delay student financial aid further
On Friday, the Education Department announced an error in its calculations for federal student aid that will result in delays for as many as 200,000 applicants.
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Biden cancels nearly $6 billion in student debt for public service workers
The 78,000 borrowers who are eligible for this forgiveness will receive an email from the president next week, the White House said.
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Nearly $12 million in federal funding headed to community projects in Berks, Montgomery counties
The funding will help several projects addressing affordable housing, community center repairs, infrastructure upgrades and PFAS mitigation.
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Listen 0:56In Pennsylvania’s Senate race, Casey puts ‘greedflation’ and corporations on the ballot
Sen. Casey is leading the Democratic attack on “greedflation” — a blunt term for corporations that jack up prices and rip off shoppers to maximize profits.
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Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash
The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help.
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Philadelphia City Councilmember-At-Large Katherine Gilmore Richardson said that the SAVE plan effectively wiped out her remaining student debt in October.
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Listen 1:39Treasured Wilmington art studio, drop-in center for people ‘on edges of society’ is closing
The Creative Vision Factory has been a mecca and safe haven for people struggling with mental illness, substance abuse, or homelessness, and sometimes all three.
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Listen 6:06Congress faces a possible government shutdown if a deal isn't reached by March 1, which could affect 51,000 in Pa. by exacerbating budget shortfalls for the WIC program.
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Listen 1:13Philly’s racial wealth gap is wider now than in 1960. Here are programs working to fix it
New initiatives want to stop persistent wealth discrepancies between people of color and their white counterparts.
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Listen 1:58Turn the Key breaks ground on 17th affordable housing complex in Grays Ferry
Developments like these can help bring more Black and brown homeowners to the area, says one local developer.
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Listen 1:22Pa. mortgage program, closed for over a year to resolve backlog, will reopen in March, officials say
A Spotlight PA analysis reveals the program has funds to help more than 3,000 homeowners.
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The Tudor-style manor opened on Valentine’s Day and will be home to 25 disabled women who experienced homelessness.
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