From WURD Radio: Joining Wake Up With WURD, is Oscar Abello, writer for Next City, who discusses the roll out of this new initiative and breaks down how redlining negatively targets people of color. (Read more.)
From The Philadelphia Tribune: A shortage of affordable housing. Gentrification. Homelessness. Drug addictions. Limited healthcare options. Mental health issues. For the quarter of Philadelphia’s population living in poverty, these are only a few of the struggles they endure every day. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: A study released last week by the Urban Institute found that landlords often reject voucher holders, particularly in wealthier neighborhoods, even when the rents are within the range of what the voucher recipient can pay. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: While some say reverse mortgages are useful because they allow the elderly to age in place, many others have recounted harrowing experiences — including foreclosures. (Read more.)
Affordable multifamily housing is the most vulnerable building sector when it comes to extreme circumstances, and its residents have fewer resources. (Read more.)
Jerome Maynard’s two-bedroom apartment in Roxborough is a special place — not because of the beige carpeting and white walls, but simply because it’s his. (Read more.)
The Center City-based benefits access nonprofit received a grant from the Walmart Foundation to encourage SNAP enrollment based on data. (Read more.)
Nearly 200,000 Philadelphians take advantage of Internet Essentials, along with six million users nationwide. (Read more.)
Hundreds of hungry and food insecure college students turned up to campus food pantries this summer to supplement where financial aid, meal plans and part-time jobs fell short.
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From Philadelphia Media Network: Here, in a city of 1.5 million people where the poverty rate is 26 percent, the highest among the country’s biggest cities, there are nearly 400,000 residents living in poverty. (Read more.)
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