At Project HOME’s Stephen Klein Wellness Center, health care workers are encouraging patients to get tested for COVID-19 if they have symptoms like a dry cough or fever. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
As school resources shut down, students with economic hardship are being left behind. Philly universities have offered to buy students flights home, but for some this means returning to war-torn countries and unstable households, placing financial burdens on their families. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
In one of the city’s lowest-wealth neighborhoods, dozens of brown-bag breakfasts and lunches went untouched Monday, the first of what is to be many days of schoolchildren being kept at home and their parents being out of work. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
‘Not us or them’: Landlord group asks members to follow court order to halt evictions
With more people working and studying from home due to the coronavirus outbreak, Comcast is giving customers unlimited data for no additional charge and making its vast network of Xfinity WiFi hot spots free for everyone. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
In reaction to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, PECO and other utility providers have announced that they are suspending service disconnections and waiving new late payment charges through at least May 1, 2020. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia Gas Works and PECO have announced moratoriums on service disconnections. The moratoriums, effective Friday, vary in length. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The court’s decision means evictions already scheduled will not move forward for half a month, and people will be allowed to stay in homes for that duration. But the court will continue to hear new cases and operate as usual. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
The idea of a “universal basic income” or giving people monthly cash payments gained traction on the 2020 campaign trail. Now, Philadelphia wants to try it as a way to lift some low-income renters out of poverty. Could it work? Here’s a look at what Philly leaders are proposing and how a basic income experiment is playing out in Stockton, California. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
With multiple Philadelphians testing positive for COVID-19, the city’s Office of Homeless Services has drafted a plan to prevent an outbreak among people living on the street. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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