For communities of color and especially for Black men, quality mental health resources are scarce, some area therapists said Wednesday, two days after Walter Wallace Jr. was fatally shot by police in West Philadelphia. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Nine PHA houses in Strawberry Mansion are now at the center of an agreement brokered earlier this month between housing authority officials and the OccupyPHA housing advocates who set up protest encampments recently cleared from Ridge Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
As coronavirus cases surge, the City Council housing committee is considering bills that would enact an eviction moratorium until the end of the year while also extending rent repayment plan timelines and the ban on late fees. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The events are the latest in a series that has tripped up the once-prosperous corridor of shops and businesses from making the comeback that many in the tight-knit, predominantly Black community want to see. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Trash intersects with environmental justice and systemic injustices in many ways, says Paige Scott-Cooper, a leader at Trash Academy. In Philadelphia, the highest concentration of litter is found in low-income communities and can be directly linked to environmental racism and redlining. | From: Next City (Read more.)
A lease, after all, is a legally binding contract that gives you use of a rental property for an agreed-upon time period, and that comes with certain rights and responsibilities by which you’ll need to abide. So, what should you look for in a lease? | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Only about a dozen empty tents remained as the final trickle of residents, who had lived along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway since early June, packed up their belongings in black plastic tubs to be carted off to new homes. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The reason is simple: Philly is broke. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the city was forced to plug a $749 million budget hole, mostly due to a shortfall in taxes, the commissioner told City Council Wednesday. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Officials expect the project to create more than 200 construction jobs as well as more than 200 permanent jobs, of which 70% are expected to be made available to people who live in the predominantly Black neighborhood. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The Travel and Hospitality Worker Recall and Retention Ordinance, to be introduced by Gym, would allow laid-off employees from city hotels, event centers and the airport first dibs to return to their old jobs if companies start rehiring. The order of recall would be based on seniority. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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