CitizenCast

Dec 10, 2019

The hunger-fighting organization has partnered with a Philly restaurant vet to train people who desperately need jobs: those experiencing homelessness.

This is the spoken edition of Jessica Press' story. The text version can be read here.

Nov 7, 2019

Up for a vote mid-November in Philadelphia, Helen Gym's proposed legislation would provide free lawyers to all Philly tenants at risk of being kicked out of their homes—similar to how defendants are guaranteed counsel in criminal court. Could it help even the playing field here, as it has in New York City?

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Oct 23, 2019

Shift Capital’s newest project will offer residents a rent break to volunteer in Kensington. Could it solve the problem of gentrification?

This is the spoken edition of Roxanne Patel Shepelavy's story. The text version can be read here.

May 15, 2018

L&I head David Perri is right—co-living may be the best way to create affordable housing in a city that desperately needs it

May 4, 2018

In the wake of HUD chief Ben Carson’s proposal to triple public housing rent, WURD’s afternoon host calls on the City to find a real solution to our rental woes