Redacción

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...