Now, about 200 residents are being moved from the hotel Dec. 15 to unspecified other sites while case managers work to move them into long-term affordable housing. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Anyone who hasn’t found a place to live after Dec. 15 will be offered temporary shelter, say officials, who’ve successfully placed 50 people so far. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed legislation Thursday giving laid-off hospitality workers first dibs on returning to jobs they lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation, which was supported by the hospitality workers union Unite Here, is the latest in a series of pro-worker bills passed by council during the coronavirus pandemic. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
As temperatures drop, housing groups across the commonwealth are faced with a double dilemma: pandemic safety rules have made shelter space scarcer, and the COVID-19 economy could lead to a wave of evictions in the dead of winter as a federal moratorium expires. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The legislative body’s final meeting of the year produced results that could have many renters breathing a sigh of relief heading into the new year. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
City officials plan to expand eligibility for PHLConnectED, a program that provides students in Philadelphia with free internet access for remote learning. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
The general manager warned that such a setback could cripple the region’s expected recovery in the wake of new vaccines. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Despite having a formula that directs state aid to districts with greater shares of students in poverty, among other factors, Pennsylvania didn’t do so for $175 million in CARES Act funding. Instead, it gave every district the same base amount of aid, then additional money based on enrollment — a process that resulted in the poorest districts receiving less funding than their more affluent counterparts, according to the Keystone Research Center. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Language barriers, cultural differences and technological hurdles abound for student population | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Mayor Jim Kenney and city council president Darrell Clarke sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf in August complaining about how the state distributed $174 million in coronavirus relief funds to school districts, saying it denied the Philadelphia school district, the state’s largest, its “fair share” of the money. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
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