City Council is close to an agreement on legislation that would create a new tax on residential construction and push back a change to the city’s most controversial development subsidy — the 10-year abatement. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
A Philadelphia mandate requiring landlords to mediate conflicts with renters before filing for eviction is on track to be extended through March 2021. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report, cyber thieves infiltrated the group’s email server and then mimicked a construction company that had done work for Philabundance. | From: WHYY and NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
The local nonprofit Philabundance provides food to people in need. It lost nearly $1 million this year when a scammer pretended to be a construction company, according to an Inquirer report. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
More than half a million Pennsylvania residents are relying on additional federal unemployment benefits created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But those benefits are slated to expire this month unless Congress acts. Now, the commonwealth’s Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak is asking the U.S. Senate to extend the benefits. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Other retail businesses are still looking for relief, as landlords demand rent payments. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
The city is looking for 10-15 members of the public to take part in a $1 million pilot program to guide the city’s first foray into participatory budgeting. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
La ciudad busca entre 10 y 15 miembros del público para participar en un programa piloto de 1 millón de dólares para guiar la primera incursión de la ciudad en el presupuesto participativo. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
83 million people are still struggling with basic needs. The number of small businesses has fallen by 3.3 million. And by Dec, 31, all the help the CARES Act offered ends. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Philabundance, which during the pandemic is seeing greater need for its services than ever before, was the victim of an elaborate and large cybertheft. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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