IBID Associates is looking to remove residents and advocates protesting at the West Philadelphia housing complex. According to one supporter, none of the residents were served notices to appear in person. An attorney was not present for the defendants in Thursday’s hearing conducted via Zoom in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
If you live in Philadelphia, or in one of the five counties Peco supplies energy to (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and York), here is what you can do to help you pay your electricity bill. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Fifteen organizers, residents, and business owners met virtually for more than two hours to discuss what thousands of sports fans flooding through the neighborhood would mean for public safety, litter, and daily life. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A new annual report from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health provides a snapshot of city life during the first several months of the pandemic, highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on housing, as well as a variety of health outcomes. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
The Philadelphia Water Dept had been scheduled to resume water shutoffs for delinquent accounts today, following a two-year moratorium due to the pandemic. But shutoffs will be delayed once again because a citywide “Heat Health Emergency” went into effect. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The Navy Yard in South Philadelphia is among the areas of the city most vulnerable to flooding. But in the next few decades, it could see thousands of households moving in. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
New Jersey residents with very low incomes who need rental assistance can apply online through July 25 for a shot at joining a statewide waiting list. It’s a rare window: The wait list for state housing vouchers hasn’t opened for applications since 2017. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Willis is the founder of Ardella’s House, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that supports incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and girls. The group recently renovated a property in North Philadelphia that will provide transition housing for women coming home from prison. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Affordable housing activists set up a new protest encampment in West Philadelphia over the weekend, with at least 15 tents so far taking over the lawn facing 40th Street at the University City Townhomes. The installation is part of a multi-group push to keep the 40-year-old residential complex from being sold and redeveloped. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
A few dozen Philadelphia homeowners struggling to replace broken hot water heaters will soon get relief from a new emergency fund.
The fund, launched by the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA), will pay to replace hot water heaters for about 65 low-income families — a need staff say they hadn’t been able to meet before. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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