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One-Stop Legal Shop
The Equal Justice Center will bring 12 community legal groups under one roof, to help low-income Philadelphians. It will be the first of its kind | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
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Wake Up With WURD – Aaron Moselle
Aaron Moselle is a general assignment reporter for WHYY. He focuses on homelessness, poverty, and income inequality. He joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about his recent article: Philly housing costs rising faster for poor and middle class than for the wealthy. | From: WURD Radio (Read more.)
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Philly housing costs rising faster for poor and middle class than for the wealthy
As the Philadelphia region’s poorest residents spend more to keep a roof over their heads, the area’s wealthiest residents are spending less, according to new research from economists at Apartment Life, a San-Francisco-based real estate company. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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Southwest Philly battles life in an auto zone
Year after year, auto shops flout rules intended to prevent fires and protect people and the environment from toxic fumes and fluids. Despite efforts to stop new shops from popping up, more continue to open via a zoning appeals process that allows owners to secure variances with little scrutiny. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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Mail for the homeless: A local lifeline for people off the grid
Since 2010, Broad Street Ministry has served as a kind of post office for people experiencing homelessness. Those who comes in can claim the ministry’s address as their own. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Philly’s Roadmap to Homes removes barriers to shelter, employs strategies from ‘Housing First’ programs
“Is it working?” A Generocity reader’s question–via our Broke is Listening series–prompts a look at OHS’ efforts to combat homelessness. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
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Drink Philly Tap wants you to drink the city’s wooder
Distrust of the city’s water is particularly pronounced among low-income minority and female residents, who are drinking bottled water at higher rates than their counterparts. Drink Philly Tap wants to deliver the message that Philly’s water is safer, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly than bottled water. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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Zero hour: Fernwood East women have left shelter oasis, some gain housing but more shuffled around
In early March, Philadelphia Weekly spoke to nine women who tried to make Fernwood East a year-round women’s shelter or, at the very least, gain an extension. Of the 42 women who stayed at Fernwood East, 10 have secured Permanent Supportive Housing. | From: Philly Weekly (Read more.)
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‘Sometimes the Stars Align:’ Philadelphia City Council, Chamber of Commerce Tackle Poverty
The PHL Neighborhood Growth Project will “engage with community leaders, voters, and candidates in honest dialogue about the challenges facing the City of Philadelphia and advocate for an inclusive, pro-growth agenda as being key to needed solutions.” | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
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Rooms for rent: Inside Philadelphia’s shadow housing market
These rent-by-the-room establishments occupy a perilous niche in Philadelphia’s housing landscape — unwelcome and banned in most city neighborhoods, yet in demand from renters in need of affordable and accessible options. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)