Are you or is someone you know a senior Philadelphia homeowner who has dealt with a tangled title? Deed fraud? The effects of gentrification? If so, share your story at a PHLCouncil hearing on March 24 at 2pm! To testify, contact [email protected] or call 484-649-4395

Erica Nuñez of the great Juntos highlights the extreme challenges immigrant tenants face: inaccess to housing and justice against bad landlords. She asks: “What can municipal court judges do to ensure housing court is a place where all Philadelphians can access justice?”

Ensuring that family homes stay in the family can build intergenerational wealth + close Phila's racial wealth gap. Philadelphia Register of Wills & Jim Leonard program to address financial barriers to raising loved ones' estates so very important

Philly Councilmembers intro bill to change a developer-friendly mixed-income housing incentive whyy.org/articles/phill…

"Philadelphia has found an elegant way to address these problems. The city is letting landlords pursue evictions again — but first, they must apply for federal aid on behalf of the tenant." nytimes.com/2021/05/25/opi…

Bloomberg News recognizes Phila's first-in-the-nation legislation to regulate predatory We Buy Houses industry inquirer.com/real-estate/we…

.Community Legal Services of Philadelphia represents low-income homeowners facing predatory rent-to-own agreements all year. You can learn more about supporting our work on this #GivingTuesday by visiting clsphila.org/give

A really simple & smart solution to help get in front of our tangled title problem which currently affects 10,400+ Phila homes (worth $1.1 billion in family wealth)

JUST IN: Pennsylvania's Homeowner Assistance Fund (PAHAF) will open to eligible Pennsylvania homeowners beginning February 1. There's $350 million in federal funding to help homeowners facing foreclosure. For more info: pahaf.org

The final piece of Philly's landmark legislation to regulate the "We Buy Houses" industry launched this week

Our new online calculator will help you estimate how much your property taxes will change based on the new assessments. And you can see how a significant increase to the Homestead Exemption would help.

Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'frolic' ow.ly/z17i50K7lPS

October baseball is best in rowhome cities. Like weekend newspapers are best read on paper. cc Jake Blumgart

Amelia Price + I wrote about what it's like for the neighborhood when the local library branch in North Philly closes.