Housing

The Norristown Zoning Hearing Board approved the county’s zoning variance request for a shelter on DeKalb Street that will provide wraparound services to up to 50 people.

Supporters say the measure closes a loophole created by an incentive program designed to create more affordable housing in the city.

The mayor wants Council to adopt her Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative in tandem with the city’s next budget. Lawmakers will put their $.02 in before that happens.

Built in the 1990s, Philadelphia’s Kings Highway Apartments comprises 27 buildings along Frankford Avenue. Odin Properties bought and renovated them last year.

We look at the housing affordability problem in the Philadelphia region. Researchers say we need a building boom to drive supply up and prices down.

The proposal may violate state law. It comes as the administration seeks to expand the city’s housing supply amid an ongoing crisis.

The affordable housing complex is gone, but a new development will rise in its place following a legal settlement with the city.

A group of young volunteers was working to repair several Philly-area homes when the Trump administration halted their work a week early.

Las casas “de bolsillo” están diseñadas para ser una solución más asequible, enfocada en la comunidad, para contrarrestar la crisis de vivienda en el norte de Delaware.

The $6.3 billion plan is designed to help address Philadelphia's deepening affordable housing crisis.

Short-term rentals in Wilmington are in the crosshairs as city officials work to solve the affordable housing crisis.

The fire's heat was so intense that it melted part of a fire truck and a parked car.

City Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke is set to introduce a legislative package designed to protect tenants and hold landlords accountable.

The “one-stop-shop” program that coordinates home repair, energy efficiency and solar for low-income homeowners could be at risk.

The legislation is designed to make it easier for developers to build homes in certain sections of the city.