Idea for Philly homeowners who want to give back: Rent like your kids live here | Opinion
Renting a room is an alternative to giving grants. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Renting a room is an alternative to giving grants. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
This week, a ribbon was cut at the newly constructed Maguire Residence in Kensington, a housing facility for people who previously experienced homelessness. The 42-unit apartment complex has been completely full for a year, with a waiting list. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Philadelphia City Council will hold public hearings to explore the possibility of providing financial assistance to “disadvantaged” community groups that can’t afford to fight legal decisions made about development in their neighborhoods. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Longtime residents of the University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia joined with City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier to protest the sale of the 70-unit rental complex at 39th and Market streets. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Introduced by Councilmember Jamie Gauthier in late September, the bill would temporarily bar developers from demolishing the University City Townhomes, a 70-unit apartment complex that went up for sale this summer after the property owner decided not to renew its affordable housing contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Philly is distributing more funding than earlier in the pandemic, but many residents are still waiting. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
I don’t think Philadelphia is doing enough to stop drug use and homelessness. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Nearly 21% of Philadelphia landlords listed a property for sale in 2020 compared to 3.5% in 2019, according to a recent survey by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Like many of Project Home’s properties, Peg’s Place offers permanent supportive housing. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
A package of bills introduced this month in the Pennsylvania House aim to protect homeowners from the rise in construction damage that has followed Philadelphia’s construction boom. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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