The shooting today of a Philadelphia Tenant by an LT Officer serving an immediate eviction notice, can only be described as a tragedy. Many of this city’s most vulnerable tenants; single parent headed households, people of color and the working poor, who on a daily basis face a similar fate …
By PRCC
For the last two year, landlords consistently protested the eviction moratoriums that protected renters from displacement during the pandemic. Arguing that they would suffer financially if they couldn’t kick out tenants who stopped paying rent, landlords rallied against vital tenant protections across the country.
However, a recent study debunks the …
By PRCC Research
What is rent control?
Rent control is legislation that limits how much landlords can increase the rent for their properties year to year. The goal is to keep affordable housing affordable and to prevent forced displacement caused by unreasonable rent increases. Philadelphia has no rent-control law yet, meaning …
By PRCC Research
Philadelphia’s property market is hot. As first-time homebuyers struggle to break into the market, landlords are cashing out on their investments, selling off rental properties at an unprecedented rate. As reported in a 2021 study [1] from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Housing Initiative at the University …
By PRCC Research
I am Karen Harvey, the Campaign Director of the Phila. Tenants Union. In order to bring together grassroots organizations & city stakeholders two months ago, the Tenants Union launched our Rent Control Campaign as in coalition with One PA, CLS, Philly Socialists, DSA, Reclaim, Stadium Stompers, Lilac, Socialists Alternative, PEC/Youty …
By Karen Harvey