SAVE THE DATE! HAPCO Philadelphia Mayoral Candidate Forum April 19th!
Mark your calendars for April 19th when HAPCO Philadelphia hosts a forum for the candidates who want to be mayor of Philadelphia.
This is your chance to hear where the mayoral hopefuls stand on crucial issues facing the city's rental and investment property owners.
Stay tuned for updates here on the HP website and HP email blasts!
Desperation For HCV Affordable Housing Swamps PHA Lottery Website
HAPCO Philadelphia is not surprised that a crush of tenants desperate for affordable rental housing has overwhelmed the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher Lottery website.
PHA reopened it’s lottery system more than a decade after closing it when more than 100,000 were on a waiting list.
HP Member Tells Media Pandemic Back Rent Owed Is Forcing Her To Sell
HAPCO Philadelphia member Ebony Harris reacts to a new study by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University
that shows renters in the city’s Eviction Diversion Program owe far more in back rent now than before the pandemic eviction moratorium.
West Philly Neighborhood Added To Council's New Mandatory Affordable Housing Bill
Philadelphia City Council’s proposal that mandates developers dedicate a percentage of new housing construction as affordable has been assailed as a disincentive by developers.
And now a new stretch of Market Street from 54th to 63rd street is being added to the so-called, “Mixed Income Neighborhoods Overlay District.”
HAPCO Philadelphia and the city’s Building Industry Association believe including mandatory below-market-rate units in a market rate development makes such construction unaffordable to build.
Despite Skyrocketing Rents, It's Still Cheaper To Rent Than Buy!
Even with rental owners being forced to hike rents after the eviction moratorium and no more rental assistance, a new study finds it’s still less expensive to rent than to buy!
It’s according to a report from Attom, a national real estate date company.
Their data shows a complete flip from a year ago when owning a home was cheaper than renting.
