After the local chapter’s successful inaugural cohorts last year, the bootcamp is rolling out a full- and part-time option in 2022. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) will provide grants to help those with past-due water bills, terminated or imminently terminated water services. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Philly Community Wireless was started in 2020 to combat the digital divide in North Philadelphia. The org has since launched free internet for thousands in Kensington’s Norris Square Park area. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
We’ve compiled a guide to fire safety requirements for Philadelphia homes. Whether you live in an apartment building, rowhouse apartment or single-family home, here’s what you should expect. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
An affordable housing program was meant to help 1,000 middle-class residents buy a house in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. Instead, it subsidized the construction and sale of only 140 homes, including several that have been rented out or resold for profit. City officials now say there was little oversight and that an audit of the program should be conducted. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
When people in mental health crises call 988, we must ensure that they can get the help they need, including in-person assistance. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Apy worked three jobs as a single mother but always dreamed of opening a cafe — and that dream is now a thriving small business on Ridge Avenue. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
With the winter break fast ending and Hite adamant that in-person learning would continue amid the current surge of Omicron cases, several parents’ groups, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand, organized petitions and sickouts — plans to hold their children out of school — demanding their voices be heard. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Advocates are angered over the loss, but many Americans weren’t in favor of it. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The city announces the closure to its PHL Rent Assist Program that helped renters pay to stay during the pandemic. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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