Every Voice, Every Vote

Residents say they are tired of repeatedly cleaning up their communities. They urged the city to invest in education and enforcement.

The initiative will be informed by industry experts, with the Philadelphia Housing Authority playing a large role.

Mayor Cherelle Parker shared a glimpse about priorities for her second year in office at a Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia event.

The bills are part of a broader effort to expand and protect affordable housing in the city amid an ongoing crisis.

From reducing crime to picking up more trash, we sort out the mayor’s ambitious agenda.

The mayor’s pilot program adding another trash day in Center City and South Philly was meant to reduce litter — but some residents say the problem has only gotten worse.

The $54 million complex will house up to 336 people, and may expand in the future.

Locust Towers apartment tenants say they don’t understand why they don’t have heat this winter and that their landlord is ignoring their complaints.

Lacking clear information, they believe rumors or gird for deportation.

It’s against the law to rent an apartment without heat inside Philadelphia city limits, but dozens of landlords are still doing that, city code violations show.

City leaders are touting 2024’s decline in gun violence, but they say more work needs to be done to improve those numbers further.

Designers say the update aligns with new patterns of transit use.

The website tracks everything from potholes to murders and offers one-stop shopping for residents and people coming into town.

By 2026, expect a narrower street, a new plaza and raised bike lanes.

State legislators are skeptical about funding transit agency; some of your neighbors disagree.