From Philadelphia Media Network: It’s becoming a familiar story in this corner of the city, where an array of forces have conspired to drive up real estate prices and, in some cases, drive out low-income renters. (Read more.)
From Next City: Philadelphia assesses something called a probate fee — $580 — the Henrys would learn they needed to pay City Hall just to process their inheritance. It may not sound like much, but to Ora Henry, who makes $12-an-hour as a social worker, and her mother, who was recently reduced to part-time hours at her job, it meant a lot.
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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 PlanPhilly: During city budget negotiations in the spring, it looked as if a line item to help tenants facing eviction might be in peril. But in the final deal, funding for landlord-tenant court reforms actually was boosted to $850,000, from $500,000. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: According to the Federal Reserve’s 2017 Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report, four in 10 Americans could not come up with $400 in case of an emergency. (Read more.)
From Generocity: According to a Chapin Hall report released in April 2018, LGBTQ young adults (ages 18-24) are more than twice as likely to experience homelessness as their non-LGBTQ peers and at least 40 percent of all homeless youth nationally identify as LGBTQ. (Read more.)
State Rep. Doyle Heffley says House Bill 2429 is not a payday lending bill – if it were, it would be at least the sixth time in as many years that usury groups had lobbied to erode Pennsylvania’s protections against predatory loans. From: City & State PA (Read more.)
Trump’s proposed cuts to the HUD budget would mean a $90 million blow to the Philadelphia Housing Authority, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Caitlin McCabe reports. (Read more.)
Most of the time when renters go to Philadelphia’s landlord-tenant court, they lose. Advocates say that’s because the vast majority of renters cannot afford a lawyer, while the vast majority of landlords can. On Tuesday, the city took a step towards addressing this power imbalance. (Read more.)
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