Health
Why Is it So Hard for Philly Restaurants to Offer Health Insurance?
Thin margins and high staff turnover leave restaurant owners in a bind. Some businesses are finding their own workarounds. From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
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Health
Philly gumball machines offer mental health care
LindoYes has put in each capsule a short, original poem and information on the city of Philadelphia’s Mental Health Delegate hotline. From: WHYY (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Wage theft: What to do if a boss steals wages in Pennsylvania
Wage theft is common in low-wage industries in Pennsylvania. Tens of thousands of workers — in restaurants, nail salons, warehouses, farms, car washes and other industries— lose out on millions of dollars in stolen wages each year. From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Housing
Philly’s Habitat for Humanity hits 1,000 project
In the coming weeks, the nonprofit will finish up repairs on a two-story rowhome in Hunting Park — the organization’s 1,000th project since launching in 1985. From: WHYY (Read more.)
Housing
Philly home buyers feel pinch of historic mortgage rates
As of Thursday, the weekly average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage, the most popular home-loan product, was 7.08%, according to Freddie Mac. That’s more than double the rate from a year ago and the highest level in two decades. From: WHYY (Read more.)
En Español
LNL First cleaning cooperative
“We are a residential and commercial cleaning cooperative that offers excellent service guaranteed with honesty and kindness. The satisfaction of our clients is our best reward” From: Philatinos (Read more.)
Community and Family
Thanksgiving 2022: Everything you need to know about food costs and assistance
With constant reminders that inflation is hitting, it’s no wonder that many voters were driven to the polls because of it. We enter the holiday season, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, how will the price of your holiday meals be affected? | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Housing
Loophole Allows Hundreds of Families to Skip Philly’s Housing Waiting List
The NBC10 Investigators found that since 2017, more than 700 families have been able to get Section 8 housing in Philly using a loophole in the federal housing system– and delaying the housing of Philly residents who have waited years for the same opportunity. From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
Health
Philadelphia releases first urban agriculture plan
The 10-year roadmap aims to identify the policies, resources, and systems needed to “sustain and grow” agriculture in the city and build a more just food system. The plan takes an “anti-racist lens,” and is rooted in the understanding that the city’s Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and refugee communities have built and nurtured its agricultural traditions over generations. From: WHYY (Read more.)
Health
Temple hospital workers sign contract, avert strike
The new contract increases wages, reduces mandatory overtime, and includes protections against workplace violence. From: The Inquirer (Read more.)