SKCP news, July 9th - July 15th
South Kensington Community Partners
WHEN IS A PLANT A WEED?
THANK YOU! to Tim Majoros of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) who joined SKCP's Clean and Green team on American Street for a landscape maintenance workshop where we learned plant identification and techniques for weeding and maintaining perennial gardens.
Extra SNAP Benefits Now Available
For All Recipients During July
Every household that receives SNAP will get extra benefits, called “Emergency Allotments” (EAs), in the second half of the month. EAs are to help with food costs during the pandemic.
The EA amount you get depends on your household size and if you are already getting the maximum benefit amount for your household.
For more info visit CLS Phila
Big change to widely-used property tax program now Philly law. Related relief measures to follow
Mayor Jim Kenney has signed a bill designed to lessen the financial burden of new property assessments on Philadelphia homeowners, whose property values increased by an average of 31% after the city delayed the annual calculations for three years due to the pandemic.
Residents enrolled in the city’s Homestead Exemption program will now have $80,000 deducted from their property’s value, which could lower their property tax bill by about $1,119 each year. The exemption was previously valued at $45,000, which saved homeowners about $629 annually.
The same is true for residents currently enrolled in the city’s Longtime Owner Occupants Program (LOOP), which is designed to protect low-to-moderate income homeowners in swiftly gentrifying neighborhoods from displacement.
Read More via WHYY