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Check the air quality right in your neighborhood!
The Health Department has installed 76 air quality monitors throughout the city to help you learn what’s in the air that you’re breathing.
Every address in Philadelphia is less than 1.5 miles from a monitor, so you know the information you are getting is specific to your community.
Visit www.phila.gov/breathephilly today to see what’s going on in your neighborhood!
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DHCD Public Hearing Needs Assessment and CAPER
| The City of Philadelphia’s Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will conduct two public hearings (in-person or virtual) to provide the residents of Philadelphia with an opportunity to comment on neighborhood housing and community development needs and the 2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), which covers all activities completed or in progress during the period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. These comments are solicited as part of DHCD’s planning process for fiscal year 2027. Residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties are invited to offer comments on the HOPWA portions of the CAPER. This public hearing is the next step in preparing the Annual Action Plan for Year 52, which will allocate federal and state funding.To view the full details, please click here.
The CAPER is available online at https://www.phila.gov/documents/five-year-consolidated-plan-annual-action-plans-and-reports/. Hard copies of the CAPER or CDBG Financial Summary Report are available by appointment only. Please email mirta.duprey@phila.gov. The In-Person CAPER/Needs Assessment Hearing will be held on: Tuesday, March 10, 2025, 2-5 p.m.* at 1234 Market St., 17th Floor The Virtual CAPER/Needs Assessment Hearing will be held on: Wednesday, March 11, 2025, 6-8 p.m.* To testify at either hearing you MUST REGISTER by emailing mirta.duprey@phila.gov by Friday, March 6th. Those unable to participate may email written, signed comments by Monday, March 16th, 2026 to saundra.malanowicz@phila.gov or you can mail them to the following address: DHCD Communications Department
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Announcement
Advance Notice of PWD’s Proposed Changes to the TAP-R Program
On February 17, 2026, the Philadelphia Water Department filed Advance Notice of the Department’s proposed changes to its Tiered Assistance Program Rate Rider Surcharge rates (TAP-R), proposed to become effective September 1, 2026. The Rate Board expects to issue a rate determination in this 2026 TAP-R Reconciliation Proceeding by the end of June 2026.
The Notice, with proposed changes and supporting documentation, is posted with the proceeding on the Board’s Rate Proceedings page, which will also show hearings and further notices and filings in these proceedings.
Anyone affected by the proposed rates may become a Participant in the proceeding by registering with the Board by March 26, 2026 at WaterRateBoard@phila.gov or:
c/o City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street
17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
The deadline to register as a participant is subject to adjustment by the Hearing Officer.
Announcement
Sanitation Collection Services for the Week of February 23, 2026
Sanitation and Recycling Collections: Due to the expected amount of snow accumulation, Sanitation crews and equipment will be diverted to snow operations. Residents can find updates on sanitation services at www.phila.gov/sanitation and follow the Sanitation Department on social media.
- Trash and recycling collections are suspended for Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24. There will be a two-day delay in collections for the week of February 23 as Monday collections will be picked up on Wednesday and Tuesday collections on Thursday. Collections will continue the rest of the week in the same sequence with materials picked up two days behind regular schedule.
- There will be no collections in rear driveways. Residents are instructed to set their materials out in front of their homes for pickup during the week of February 23. With the expectation of significant snow accumulation, there is an increased risk of Sanitation trucks becoming stuck in the snow in rear driveways.
- The collection schedule may change. Continuation of trash and recycling collections will be contingent on how the storm and plowing operations have progressed.
- Second trash collection is suspended in areas of the city that typically receive it during the week of February 23. There will be one collection only throughout the week.
- Residents should expect collection delays as crews navigate through the snow and ice. Inaccessible streets may experience additional delays.
- Sanitation Convenience Centers: Residents who can’t hold their materials can drop them off at one of the City’s six locations, open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. A list of sites is available at phila.gov/sanitation.
