Gauthier’s new legislation, which passed City Council Thursday, seeks to add more affordable housing projects to the original bill’s protections while encouraging more subsidized development. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The University City Townhomes debacle is a microcosm of much of what ails Philadelphia — ours is a city where we compartmentalize crises while pretending there’s no connection between them. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The John C. Anderson Apartments opened in 2014 in the heart of Philly’s Gayborhood. It has a lush courtyard garden, extensive services, and a waitlist. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The University City Townhomes saga could be a sign of things to come. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
I’ve lived here for more than 25 years. I cherish this community and will fight for us and every other tenant facing eviction in Philly until I can’t anymore. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
An encampment that was put in place to protest the evictions of residents from affordable housing in a complex in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood was dismantled Monday morning following a court order. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
The migration of home buyers from more expensive cities to Philadelphia helps drive up prices across the market. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The facility is built on properties assembled by Philadelphia’s land bank in order to provide housing opportunities for people with low income. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
A new Philadelphia program designated a 19-year-old community garden that memorializes children lost to gun violence as “vacant” land to be turned into new housing, leaving a horticulture nonprofit and the residents working with them baffled and frustrated. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Lawmakers passed the bill on Thursday as the city prepares to build at least 1,000 units of workforce housing under the banner of the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative, the massive bond-backed program initiated by Council President Darrell Clarke. The initiative is an effort to increase the city’s stock of affordable housing, revive commercial corridors, and improve neighborhood infrastructure, among other priorities. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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