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Philly businesses hurt by COVID: Evictions are fair game, and outside help is scarce
Some commercial eviction proceedings are underway, while other developers are negotiating. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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ACT UP, Philly organizers demand solutions to affordable housing
ACT UP, Philly organizers demand solutions to affordable housing
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Philadelphia children in homeless shelters face barriers to learning in virtual school
COVID-19 has upended education for millions, shifting classes online, making traditional classroom experiences impossible for most kids, and forcing working parents to wrestle with child-care issues. For the city’s most vulnerable, including an estimated 8,000 (Read more.)
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Coronavirus relief method cost poor districts millions, report says
When the state of Pennsylvania distributed $174 million in federal coronavirus relief to schools, it used a formula that shortchanged districts with large numbers of low income Black and Latino students, a new report shows. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
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$1 billion in relief sat around while Pa. businesses struggled
Keystone Crossroads reporters Miles Bryan and Katie Meyer walk us through why things shook out the way they did, and why politicians on both sides of the aisle are pointing the finger at the federal government. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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Pa. coronavirus update: L&I secretary asks Senate to extend unemployment relief
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.)
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Philly restaurant evictions banned for 180 days as landlords demand rent
Other retail businesses are still looking for relief, as landlords demand rent payments. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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Facing a cliff: Is this the end of pandemic support and relief?
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.)
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‘I feel stuck’: Philadelphians struggle with the effects of unemployment on mental health
Research quantifies what most of us probably have assumed: unemployment does nothing positive for mental health. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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Philly Businesses Can Get Some Tax Relief Through New City Measures
Mayor Jim Kenney and his top finance officials announced three new rules aimed at providing some help to businesses ailing from the COVID-19 pandemic economic downtown. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)