On June 5, Philadelphia City Council’s Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and Homelessness passed five of six bills part of the Emergency Housing Protections Act. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The “New Normal Budget Act” would amend existing budget bills to shift $25 million towards job training, rental subsidies, food access, home repair and other programs that address poverty. It also includes police reform language billed as “a first step” in addressing “civil unrest roiling the city.” | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Los desalojos en Pensilvania pueden estar prohibidos el 10 de julio, pero esa fecha se acerca rápidamente. Para los miembros del Consejo de la Ciudad que están detrás de la Ley de Protección de Viviendas de Emergencia (EHPA), representa el comienzo de otra crisis. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Evictions in Pennsylvania may be off limits until July 10, but that date is quickly approaching. For the members of City Council behind the Emergency Housing Protection Act (EHPA), it represents the beginning of yet another crisis. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Nearly a week of citywide curfews, closures, and general commotion have created new challenges for people experiencing homelessness and the outreach workers who serve them. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Many are still vulnerable to housing insecurity, especially LGBTQ people. Due to a lack of funding, the city is now pointing folks in the direction of additional housing resources. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Landlord advocacy groups oppose a set of proposed new laws that would extend a ban on evictions for Philadelphia tenants who lost their jobs because of the pandemic and create other new protections for vulnerable renters. A package of six bills proposed by Councilmembers Helen Gym, Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier would extend the ban, freeze rents for affected tenants through mid-2021, prohibit late fees, and crack down on illegal lockouts. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
After 35 people at the city’s largest men’s shelter tested positive for coronavirus last week, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s intake process resulted in 24 men stuck in one room overnight and shelter staff scrambling to get them cleared for transportation to one of the city’s emergency quarantine sites. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The 35 guests and staff from the city’s largest men’s shelter who tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month returned to the facility on Friday after a two-week quarantine, which the majority completed at the Holiday Inn Express in Center City. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the deep health, economic and racial disparities in our nation. Nowhere have these disparities been more apparent than with homelessness. It has never been clearer that housing is healthcare. Those who are homeless lack the most fundamental health protections a home provides. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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