Michaelle Bond is the regional governing reporter and covers government news and trends in the region's counties and municipalities, from the Philadelphia suburbs to South Jersey.
Despite a federal judge's ruling extending the census deadline to Oct. 31, the Census Bureau has appealed to keep the Sept. 30 deadline. So Philly is asking residents to respond by Wednesday.
The Airbnb listing for three one-night stays in Margate’s giant wooden elephant booked within seconds in March. The pandemic postponed the historic overnight stays until this week.
Both the housing supply and the number of days that homes stayed on the market hit record lows in August in the Philadelphia metropolitan region, according to a multiple listing service.
While some cities are unaffordable for certain residents because of high housing costs, Philadelphia’s affordability problem is driven by residents’ low incomes, a Pew Charitable Trusts report found.
Philadelphia tenants can’t be kicked out of their homes for the next two weeks. City councilmembers planned to introduce a bill to extend the city's eviction moratorium through Dec. 31.
Thousands more Philadelphia renters will be evicted now that the state and city bans on evictions have expired. Here's what to do if you receive an eviction notice.
