On May 8, Philadelphia announced its COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program through PHDC. The program will provide up to $2,500 in rental assistance over a three-month period. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
El 8 de mayo, Filadelfia anunció su Programa de Asistencia de Alquiler de Emergencia COVID-19 a través de PHDC. El programa proporcionará hasta 2.500 dólares en asistencia de alquiler durante un período de tres meses. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The city’s largest men’s shelter experienced a massive COVID-19 outbreak this weekend when more than half of its 63 guests and staff members tested positive for coronavirus. | From: The Kensington Voice (Read more.)
An option for a security deposit insurance program is helping landlords and tenants fill 400,000 apartments nationwide, including some in Philly. Should it become law here, as it is in Cincinnati? | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
After a two-year court battle with a negligent landlord, the city of Philadelphia is now the rightful owner of dozens of blighted residential properties that had plagued the Germantown neighborhood for years. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
With the help of Co-chair Staci Moore, the WRCP develops affordable housing for women and their families in some of Philadelphia’s most rapidly gentrifying areas. | From: CityWide Stories (Read more.)
“Is it working?” A Generocity reader’s question–via our Broke is Listening series–prompts a look at OHS’ efforts to combat homelessness. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
In early March, Philadelphia Weekly spoke to nine women who tried to make Fernwood East a year-round women’s shelter or, at the very least, gain an extension. Of the 42 women who stayed at Fernwood East, 10 have secured Permanent Supportive Housing. | From: Philly Weekly (Read more.)
The PHL Neighborhood Growth Project will “engage with community leaders, voters, and candidates in honest dialogue about the challenges facing the City of Philadelphia and advocate for an inclusive, pro-growth agenda as being key to needed solutions.” | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
These rent-by-the-room establishments occupy a perilous niche in Philadelphia’s housing landscape — unwelcome and banned in most city neighborhoods, yet in demand from renters in need of affordable and accessible options. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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