The $14.1 million is the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s first investment focusing exclusively on intergenerational poverty. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Throughout America, 12 percent are food insecure — lacking enough food in a year to live healthy. In Philadelphia, that number is 21 percent. From: Philadelphia Media Network (Read more.)
Now the water department is proposing another series of annual rate hikes, which the independent Water, Sewer and Stormwater Rate Board has been reviewing in a series of hearings. From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
With an eye to improving access to sun-powered energy, Solarize Philly — a city group-buying program run by the Philadelphia Energy Authority — recently introduced a special pilot program bringing that upfront cost down to zero for 45 low- and moderate-income households. From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
In North Philadelphia and nearby communities, hunger is too easy to find. Hunger fighters are trying, in ways old and new, to beat back an untiring scourge. From: Philadelphia Media Network (Read more.)
The reform, known as Small Area Fair Market Rent, affects those enrolled in the Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly known as Section 8. From: Philadelphia Media Network (Read more.)
Could co-living be the answer to our affordable housing prayers? From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Landlords filed for eviction 24,000 times in 2017, meaning one in every 14 renters in the city faced eviction at some point during the year. From: Next City (Read more.)
Philadelphia is America’s poorest big city; one quarter of its residents live in poverty. NBC10 is highlighting the situation in the collaborative reporting project “BROKE in Philly.” (Read more.)
The rowhouse in Port Richmond looked promising, with three bedrooms, new floors, and a small white porch out front. After having moved three times in 15 months, Linda Watson hoped she’d found some stability there with her 21-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son. (Read more.)
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