Community and Family
Free and low-cost summer camps in Philadelphia
Learn-to-row camps, music camp, and more. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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Housing
Annoyed by people trying to buy your house? Join this new Philly registry
The Do Not Solicit registry protects homeowners from predatory real estate brokers and wholesalers. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Income and Wages
How to find a job in Philly
Looking for work? To make the search a bit easier, here are some resources that can help. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Community and Family
People are returning to food banks because the price of food is so high
Many were former clients who thought they’d never need pantries again. But food prices are skyrocketing. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
coronavirus
This Kensington church is giving away COVID-19 relief funds
Kensington residents economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can receive financial assistance through Visitation B.V.M. Church for a bit longer. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Community and Family
City in settlement talks with disabled Philadelphians in suit over dangerous sidewalks
The city of Philadelphia has entered settlement talks with disabled Philadelphians who sued the city in 2019 over the inaccessibility of the city’s sidewalks. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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Solutions bubble up in Philadelphia neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence
How residents in Mantua and Kensington are pushing for change. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Community and Family
Ideas We Should Steal: Cool Streets to Cool the Air
America’s hottest city—Phoenix—lowered surface temperatures of a neighborhood by more than 10 degrees with a new water-based surface on its streets. Could Philly be next? | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
Community and Family
Pa. legislative committee evaluates changing cap that shortchanges victims of costly water main breaks
Philadelphia’s aging water infrastructure means hundreds of pipes burst beneath the city each year, sometimes flooding numerous homes and businesses. Homeowners’ insurance rarely covers this type of damage, according to city officials, and when uninsured losses suffered by multiple claimants exceed a $500,000 damages cap set in 1980 by the Pennsylvania Tort Claims Act, residents and business owners are out of luck. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Housing
PHA is offering cash to try to entice landlords to accept tenants using federal housing vouchers
High demand for rentals means some landlords don’t want to accept tenants who use the federal rental assistance. Property owners can be choosy. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)