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Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration prioritizes Philly renters in latest spending plan for federal coronavirus aid

About $7.7 million in federal aid would go to Philadelphia renters struggling to make ends meet under a plan to distribute the latest round of coronavirus relief funding.

City Councilman Derek Green chairs the Finance Committee, which passed Mayor Jim Kenney's administration's plan for distributing $11.3 million in federal coronavirus aid but not before questioning why the city wasn't allocating more money for small businesses.
City Councilman Derek Green chairs the Finance Committee, which passed Mayor Jim Kenney's administration's plan for distributing $11.3 million in federal coronavirus aid but not before questioning why the city wasn't allocating more money for small businesses.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer
    by Sean Collins Walsh
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