https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/civil-right-to-counsel-philadelphia-20210809.html The “justice gap” exists across all civil legal issues, and there are not nearly enough existing resources to provide legal assistance to all who need it. A 2017 study by the Legal Services Corp. (Read more.)
https://www.inquirer.com/news/rental-assistance-philadelphia-eviction-moratorium-20210808.html Days before a federal eviction moratorium was scheduled to expire, city and state officials assembled at City Hall late last month to urge Philadelphians struggling to pay rent and utilities to apply for help. (Read more.)
https://www.inquirer.com/life/black-real-estate-investor-great-grandmother-creates-generational-wealth-20210811.html Joanne Bourne dabbled in real estate for decades before making a new career of it in 2018. She thanks S. Dave Hudson and his crew of professionals at the Super Realty Group in West (Read more.)
https://www.inquirer.com/science/climate/philadelphia-trees-canopy-urban-heat-island-race-20210811.html David Figueroa, 54, was working on his Toyota minivan this week under the shade of a small-leafed lime tree. His wife, Luz, sat contentedly on their rowhouse porch watching their children play. The tree, (Read more.)
https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/housing/dead-homeowner-unclear-ownership-tangled-title-philadelphia-deed-pew-charitable-trusts-20210804.html Philadelphians are at risk of losing more than $1.1 billion in household wealth because ownership of their homes is legally unclear, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. And that’s a conservative estimate. More than (Read more.)
Philadelphians call for extension of eviction, lockout moratorium Members of Philadelphia City Council joined with elected state officials and members of the public to call for an end to lockouts in Philadelphia. Lockouts take people (Read more.)
Southeast Pa. counties lead in solving ‘maddening’ lapse in eviction protections Bucks County officials are urging other counties to make use of a legal ruling they recently won, and pause eviction proceedings for the thousands of (Read more.)
‘My mind’s made up’: Trusted vaccine messengers in Camden have their work cut out for them Visit the Essential Blends Hair Studio in Camden on any given day and you’ll find a bustling barber shop (Read more.)
Kensington neighbors make Shakespeare their own This weekend, a group of residents in the area around Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood will be staging an experimental version of a Shakespeare play. They will be taking liberties (Read more.)
In Kensington, residents ask, ‘Why would you think this is acceptable for us?’ “Nobody in Center City, Fairmount, Spring Garden, Mount Airy, Rittenhouse, none of those communities are vilified when they cry out [about the (Read more.)
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