Menciones en los medios de comunicación

Las elevadas facturas de los servicios públicos y los años de mantenimiento aplazado han obligado a muchos propietarios e inquilinos de bajos ingresos de Pensilvania a vivir con pintura con plomo, ventanas con corrientes de aire, tejados con goteras, cableado expuesto, moho y otros peligros para la salud. Muchos residentes soportan estas condiciones porque...

La aprobación del programa bipartidista de reparación integral de viviendas es "lo que parece la democracia", dijo la diputada estatal Sara Innamorato. "No se trata sólo de presentarse y votar. Se trata de asegurarse de que usted permanezca comprometido con su comunidad y sus funcionarios electos", dijo Ms....

Si no ha examinado últimamente su factura mensual de servicios públicos, prepárese para un susto cuando le llegue el coste del aire acondicionado en las próximas semanas. Si la factura del aire acondicionado no le hace temblar el pulso, la de la calefacción del próximo mes de enero podría...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - Los legisladores de Pensilvania están considerando un proyecto de ley que "abordar las preocupaciones de habitabilidad en unidades ocupadas por sus propietarios y de alquiler, medidas para mejorar la eficiencia energética o de agua y hacer unidades accesibles para las personas con discapacidad, y...

En esta ocasión, los presentadores entrevistan al senador por el estado de Pensilvania Nikil Saval sobre el extraordinario hecho de haber conseguido que una legislatura controlada por los republicanos aprobara un proyecto de ley sobre el clima y la vivienda asequible. ¿Por qué? Otros temas mencionados en el episodio: el...

El impuesto sobre transmisiones patrimoniales de Filadelfia, que ya es uno de los más elevados del país, pronto incluirá una nueva tasa. El mes pasado, el Ayuntamiento aprobó por unanimidad un proyecto de ley que añadiría una tasa adicional de 15 dólares a cada transferencia de bienes inmuebles o registro de una escritura o hipoteca en...

En los más de dos años transcurridos desde que la pandemia vació las torres de oficinas de Estados Unidos, ha habido docenas de reportajes en los medios de comunicación especulando sobre el futuro de los centros de las ciudades. Esta columna no es una de ellas. Ya debería ser obvio que los oficinistas no volverán a llenar los...

Estados Unidos sufre una escasez nacional de viviendas que asciende a unos 3,8 millones de unidades. La semana pasada, el New York Times publicó un análisis informativo en el que mostraba cómo este problema ha trascendido las grandes metrópolis costeras en crisis de costes, y ahora...

Last year, Congress allocated $3.5 billion over five years to a little-known federal program designed to help low-income households pay for energy efficiency upgrades like attic insulation, new windows, and energy-saving appliances. Called the Weatherization...

In spite of it happening a week late and controversies arising about a number of funding issues, the Pennsylvania General Assembly once again managed to pass a budget. As always there was some good, some bad, and some ugly in the process. Perhaps the worst of the bad...

Struggling homeowners and renters could get some financial relief under the newly passed state budget, with over $250 million set for tax rebates and a home repair program. A later-than-expected state budget — buoyed by pandemic-era federal stimulus money — included...

Under the state budget passed last week, Pennsylvania’s conservation programs will receive a one-time, pandemic-related federal booster shot of $765 million for state parks, forests, streams, open space, farms, and home energy efficiency — an amount one environmental...

With a $45 billion state budget finally implemented, Pennsylvania schools, businesses and housing projects are the big winners. Each is slated to receive substantially more funding in the new fiscal year. State lawmakers last week unveiled a plan to spend an...

As leaders in the Pennsylvania General Assembly negotiated the 2022-23 budget in recent weeks, the House and Senate sent a slate of controversial and potentially transformative stand-alone legislation to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. On Viernes, Wolf signed the roughly $45...

Three new housing policies by state and city officials aim to preserve and grow the amount of housing that residents can afford. Included in the Pennsylvania budget is $125 million for home repairs and weatherization intended to preserve the state’s aging housing...

Residents of Pennsylvania homeowners will experience financial relief after State Senator Nikil Saval’s Whole Home Repairs Act was included last week as part of the new state budget. It allocates $125 million in funding for home repairs and weatherization costs across...

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon announced that Philadelphia International Airport is being granted $24 million from the Federal Aviation Administration through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that she voted to pass last fall. The competitive grant for...

Several programs to aid homeowners and landlords are part of the $45 billion state budget passed Viernes. Pennsylvania will put $375 million in unspent money from the federal American Rescue Plan toward the three housing programs. Low-income housing projects which are...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers have sent Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf a $45.2 billion spending plan that boosts education spending by more than $1 billion, creates a new child care tax credit, and squirrels away money for a rainy day. The wide-reaching budget,...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers have agreed on a plan to use $2.2 billion in remaining federal stimulus money from the pandemic on housing, conservation, and child care programs. The agreement came as the state finalized a $45.2 billion budget a week...

Pennsylvanians will soon be able to get state assistance to pay for home repairs, thanks to a new program that lawmakers passed Viernes as part of the state budget. The program represents an unusual victory for progressive Democrats, and is a rare example of...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have finally approved a $45.2 billion spending plan, sending it to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf for his signature. The state House passed the budget bill in a 180-20 vote on Jueves — a week past its initial deadline. The state Senate followed with...

HARRISBURG, Julio 8 – Citing the drastic need to improve housing in communities around Pennsylvania and keep families in their homes, a group of legislators, including state Sen. Nikil Saval, D-Phila.; state Reps. Jordan Harris, House Democratic Whip, D-Phila.; Sara...

L ast month, President Biden released the Housing Supply Action Plan to “to ease the burden of housing costs over time, by boosting the supply of quality housing in every community.” The plan aims to close the nation’s housing shortfall in five years through the...

A proposal to use part of the state’s approximate $5 billion budget surplus to fund a program against statewide blight received rare bipartisan support in Harrisburg on Lunes. The bill creating a Whole-Home Repairs and Homeownership Affordability Fund to provide...

Bipartisan legislation pending in Harrisburg could help homeowners and small landlords across Pennsylvania make much-needed repairs to their properties. The bill would establish the Whole-Home Repairs program and provide grants of up to $50,000 to homeowners, as well...

Almost half of Pennsylvania voters who are homeowners, including many in Philadelphia, couldn’t afford to pay for critical repairs on their homes if they needed them, according to a poll by Data for Progress of the People’s Action Institute. The issue of home repairs...

HARRISBURG — As the Junio 30 deadline for the Pennsylvania legislature to pass a new budget approaches, support for spending some of the state’s billions in remaining stimulus money and surplus tax revenue is gaining bipartisan traction. Discussions are preliminary,...