PHILADELPHIA — In Philadelphia’s Point Breeze neighborhood, 35-year-old Angela Sultan has used home cleaners on and off for her entire adult life.

“It’s a game changer,” Sultan said. “For me, it’s a luxury. If I need to save money, I might skip it or spread it out.”

But “there were times in my life when it wasn’t a luxury,” she added. When she was pregnant and when her children were newborns, “it was a necessity for my mental health.”

Most recently, Sultan has employed the services of Fabiana Pons, owner of Fabi’s Cleaning Services.

Pons is among several Philadelphia-area home cleaners who said they have seen demand skyrocket since the pandemic, due in part to an influx of millennial customers like Sultan.

Pons and her crew usually clean more than a dozen homes a day, she said, and de

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