How many abandoned houses and lots are currently in Philadelphia? The short answer — nobody knows. The most accessible figure on abandoned houses in Philly is based on figures from two decades ago.

Emergency crews discovered more than 150 one-gallon jugs of gasoline in an abandoned house in West Philadelphia Monday night in an incident police called "very dangerous" and "very bizarre." ...

Philadelphia Houses Falling NPR's Eric Westervelt reports scores of abandoned houses in Philadelphia have crumbled in recent weeks, and engineers say many more are near collapse. The problem has ...

An abandoned house and lot on the 2900 block of Westmont Avenue in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Working on a solution to gun violence and want to share it?

Animal Protection Officers received more than they bargained for after assisting police on a call in Philadelphia where dozens of dogs were found inside an abandoned home. According to a post on ...

First responders were called to the unit block of North 56th Street around 12:25 a.m. Friday. Firefighters found the flames coming from the second floor of an abandoned house. The fire spread to the ...

An inspector for Philadelphia‘s Department of Licenses ... Living next to an abandoned house The abandoned rowhouse had been a source of concern for the Jacksons for years.

Police said a woman’s body has been found in concrete in the basement of an abandoned home in Philadelphia ... hoarded material and debris from the house before starting their search.

Installing new doors and windows, trash cleanup, and weeding at abandoned houses in Philadelphia led to substantial drops in nearby gun violence, according to a new study from the Perelman School ...

The study authors, who are physicians, criminologists and statisticians, tracked crime and neighbors’ perceptions around 3,265 abandoned houses in predominantly Black, low-income Philadelphia ...