From PlanPhilly: But in Philadelphia, it’s not just a shortage of affordable housing that’s causing the crunch. Instead, poor-quality houses and an unusually high poverty rate — about 400,000 Philadelphians are living in poverty — tilt the equation so that demand far outstrips supply here, making affordable homes hard to obtain and difficult to manage. (Read more.)
From Next City: Where anti-gentrification activists in Point Breeze have gone so far as to torch new homes under construction, and North-Central Philadelphia residents protest Temple University’s drive to turn their neighborhood into an extension of its campus, Germantowners rely mainly on the neighborhood’s homegrown resources to create what may well become one of the first income-diverse gentrified neighborhoods. (Read more.)
From the Philadelphia Media Network: Throughout the region, low wages make life tough. Low wages with rising prices make life painful. (Read more.)
From Generocity: Like extreme weather during the winter, heat endangers people experiencing homelessness who lack consistent access to water, shade and shelter. (Read more.)
Broke in Philly has compiled a map of resources ranging from Philadelphia Housing Authority sites to financial empowerment centers like the Women’s Opportunities Resources Center throughout the city. BenePhilly Centers, which seek to connect people with benefits like tax preparation, are also on the map. If you’d like to suggest a resource to add to the map, send us a message through the form on our homepage. (Read more.)
From NBC10/Telemundo62: One program in Philadelphia is giving people a shot at buying a home and furthering their education. (Read more.)
From Billy Penn: Not only have 12 tankers of Lancaster raw milk been turned into high-quality cheese and distributed to various food banks around the area — to the tune of 66,000 pounds over the past year — but the program is also sustainable, generating funds to pay for itself. (Read more.)
Sena, an adjunct history professor at Villanova University, oversees the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia (SREHUP), a nonprofit she helped found as a way to engage her millennial students in making a difference to their world. From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Businesses, government, and the Philadelphia School District are building stronger pipeline partnerships. From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook (Read more.)
Many say having satellite service or cable — like cell phones and computers — is a necessity, as essential to 21st century life as electricity. From: Philadelphia Media Network (Read more.)
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