Daily News | How Philadelphians feel about housing security and affordability
When Marie Jean, a retired certified nursing assistant who emigrated from Haiti in the 1970s, moved to Philadelphia in 2018, a lot of apartments she could afford were not in safe areas. She liked the Bustleton neighborhood in the Far Northeast, so she settled for a studio there.
Philadelphia has the reputation of being a relatively affordable place to buy and rent homes, especially compared with high-priced neighbors. But Philadelphians’ lowAmong residents who pay for housing, the city is evenly split between those who think it’s “somewhat” or “very” easy to pay and those who find paying “somewhat” or “very” difficult, according to the poll.
Residents who have been homeless or had unstable housing within the last three years were more likely than those with secure housing to say. And people who have an easier time paying for their homes are more likely than those who struggle to think the city is heading in the “right direction.” Tan, who works for Shady Brook Farm in Bucks County, and his girlfriend, a server at the Dining Car in Northeast Philadelphia, rent the first floor of a duplex for $1,400 a month there.
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