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.)
Guiding chronically homeless people to the assistance they need is a delicate process, said those who work with the city’s indigent, and requires giving people with nowhere to go a place to feel welcome. (Read more.)
Philly’s youth unemployment rate has been hovering between 14 and 16 percent for the past few years — and that number jumps by 10 points when considering youth of color. One way to tackle the issue? Prepare those young people for employment and then connect them to job opportunities. (Read more.)
India Baxley, a mother of two and a welfare recipient, wants to add an important line to her resumé: Banker. The Northeast Philadelphia resident works with a group of women in poverty whose aim is to create a credit union for people of limited means. (Read more.)
The decision by the United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey to narrow its grant-making focus to fight “intergenerational poverty” means that more than half of the 233 nonprofits that receive United Way money will now come up empty-handed in the fiscal year that begins in July. (Read more.)
Over the last year, a 35-year-old West Philadelphia resident came to the realization that while he worked hard for his $120,000-a-year corporate salary, he didn’t necessarily earn it. After all, he figured, white privilege paved the way for his many advantages: a college education, limited debt, and that well-paying job. (Read more.)
In an unusual deal, First Step Staffing, a nonprofit staffing company from Atlanta, has purchased the Philadelphia operations of the for-profit On Time Staffing with the goal of using the staffing firm to employ homeless individuals and people recently released from prison. (Read more.)
In Michael Halko’s fifth-grade class at Francis Scott Key Elementary, the first 30 minutes of every day are sacred – it’s time for morning meeting, and, most important, yogurt, burritos, and muffins. (Read more.)
Half a decade ago, filmmaker Amanda Danzinger gave video cameras to four teens at the after-school program where she volunteered. Their home movies became part of a feature-length documentary she cut about their lives. “The Backyard Philly Project” follows Montae, Tasia, Brianna and David who lived in public housing project Penn Town at 6th and Green streets in North Philadelphia. (Read more.)
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