Shelterforce • November 2, 2020 Activists Win Control of Vacant Philadelphia Buildings: Now What? They're moving from agitating for reforms to managing a large affordable housing organization that could include more than 150 member-residents.
WHYY • August 31, 2020 Bryant Riley’s dream home turned into a nightmare. He blames City Hall. The dispute highlights the difficulties homebuyers face when they find construction defects, and the limits of the city’s oversight of builders.
Shelterforce • August 24, 2020 ‘We Need Those Houses’ — Activists Take Over Vacant Homes When she learned that her family would actually be illegally moving into a vacant PHA property, she hesitated—but only for a moment.
WHYY • August 17, 2020 ‘We're losing too many talented, bright people': next managing director vows to combat violence Tumar Alexander will oversee a vast swath of departments, but the need to reduce violence motivates him in particular.
WHYY • July 29, 2020 Some Philly schools want to use outdoor classrooms when IRL lessons resume The risk of viral transmission is lower outdoors, and learning outside is known to have measurable benefits for children.
WHYY • July 9, 2020 Passyunk postpones outdoor dining event after gun pulled in Old City mask fight The incident underlined the fact that the expansion of outdoor dining is still a new and fragile experiment.
WHYY • June 18, 2020 Philly could be the first U.S. city to address systemic racism with Black stimulus More than half a billion dollars would go toward investments in poor neighborhoods, job training, rent subsidies and basic income support.
WHYY • June 6, 2020 Money goes boom: Philly's history of exploding ATMs Experts on ATM security say the string of 50 explosions in Philadelphia this week is unprecedented.
WHYY • June 2, 2020 'We are resilient': Black community leaders work to rebuild battered mall They vowed to help businesses reopen and said the looting reflected the community's anger and despair.
WHYY • May 5, 2020 Patients crowdfund for Einstein hospital as COVID takes ‘devastating’ toll The virus has disproportionately impacted the North Philadelphia African-American community that depends on Einstein.
WHYY • April 10, 2020 Inequality made the perfect storm for a pandemic. North Philly fought back. Teachers, health care workers, grocery store operators, delivery drivers and many volunteers worked overtime to enable residents to stay at home.
WHYY • March 26, 2020 How Philly's neighborhoods can help us understand pandemics Good urban design remains a powerful tool for protecting residents from disease and other health threats.
WHYY • January 31, 2020 'Rotting from the inside:' Leading local developer accused of defective building More than 20 Streamline buyers report defects in their homes, most related to water infiltration.
WHYY • December 17, 2019 South Philly developer resists calls for less housing, more parking The proposed developer of 170 apartments in Passyunk Square says he expects his tenants just won’t have many cars.
PlanPhilly • December 4, 2019 As Hao Binh Plaza closes, many nearby Asian businesses thrive Are the evictions a sign of creeping gentrification in South Philadelphia, or a one-off development in a healthy business environment?
PlanPhilly • November 6, 2019 Fishtowners band together to fight ‘construction destruction' After a house collapsed, membership in the Riverwards L+I Coalition group soared, and members started getting results.
WHYY • October 30, 2019 The Why podcast: Pennsylvania to vote on Marsy's Law. Here's what's at stake. A ballot question would add victims' rights to the state constitution, but the ACLU argues it could compromise the rights of the accused.
PlanPhilly • October 22, 2019 Vietnamese bakery is closed; was city agency 'weaponized for gentrification'? Thomas Sinnison knew he’d eventually have to shut down his acclaimed banh mi shop in Hoa Binh plaza. He just didn’t think it would happen so soon.
WHYY • October 2, 2019 WHYY reporters, producers form union, ask for voluntary recognition Management did not immediately recognize the union; employees said they might pursue an NLRB vote
WHYY • September 18, 2019 Fashion District, a mall designed for our ‘insanely limited attention spans’ The $420 million mall remake is meant to reverse The Gallery's inward focus and revitalize Market Street.
