Officials expect the project to create more than 200 construction jobs as well as more than 200 permanent jobs, of which 70% are expected to be made available to people who live in the predominantly Black neighborhood. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The legislative body is mulling an extension of a raft of COVID-era tenant assistance bills from Councilmembers Helen Gym, Jamie Gauthier and Kendra Brooks known as the Emergency Housing Protection Act. Citing resurgent viral case counts, the new legislation would extend elements of these bills that contained sunset provisions while also reinstating a now-expired local eviction moratorium through the end of the year. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The federal incentive allows investors to skip out on capital gains tax in exchange for making long-term investments in businesses or developments in certain low-income areas | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Housing experts say this election could reshape the lives of millions of Americans who are affected in some way by federal housing policy — whether they live or want to live in federally subsidized housing, are finding themselves priced out of desirable neighborhoods and school districts, or are trying to stay rooted in gentrifying areas. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
It was a movement born out of the George Floyd protests for racial justice: Hundreds of people who had experienced homelessness camped out on the Ben Franklin Parkway, on Ridge Avenue and squatted in empty houses across Philadelphia to demand affordable housing. WHYY’s Susan Phillips says explains how this historic deal was struck, and whether it could make a dent in Philadelphia’s affordable housing problem. | From: WHHY (Read more.)
Under the agreement, the city and the PHA will transfer 50 properties to a land trust established by the encampment residents. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
Philadelphia is looking to expand a $1.7 million pandemic relief fund for workers into a longer-term cash assistance program for struggling renters in the city. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
According to the terms of the agreement, the city and the Philadelphia Housing Authority have vowed to transfer 50 vacant properties into a community land trust established by encampment residents, as well as arrange for other means of providing affordable housing. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
In exchange for leaving, the 20 residents of “Camp Teddy,” named after one of the occupants, will begin a process that will eventually get them into nine now-vacant houses in Strawberry Mansion. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A PHA spokesperson said the agreement ensures the protest camp residents will be able to opt-in to social services from Project HOME and the city that will give them a pathway to permanent affordable housing. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
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