Philadelphia City Council will hold public hearings to explore the possibility of providing financial assistance to “disadvantaged” community groups that can’t afford to fight legal decisions made about development in their neighborhoods. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Longtime residents of the University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia joined with City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier to protest the sale of the 70-unit rental complex at 39th and Market streets. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Introduced by Councilmember Jamie Gauthier in late September, the bill would temporarily bar developers from demolishing the University City Townhomes, a 70-unit apartment complex that went up for sale this summer after the property owner decided not to renew its affordable housing contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Multiple studies find that environmental fixes to low-income neighborhoods reduce gun violence dramatically. WURD’s midday host combines five of them into one bold plan. | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
Philadelphia City Council on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that backers hope will encourage developers to build more affordable housing units in desirable areas. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Council President Darrell Clarke introduced legislation today that would ban affordable housing zoning bonuses in virtually all of his North Philadelphia district. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Housing activists from the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign are suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Philadelphia Housing Authority for trying to remove families from abandoned Philadelphia properties. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Advocates for an increase in homes that Philadelphians can afford have been able to count on two truths: The city doesn’t have nearly enough affordable housing, and securing city funding to create more will be a battle. | From The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
For Philadelphia’s upper middle class, the COVID-19 economic crisis barely hurt and has, the experts contend, essentially ended. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Known as “accessory dwelling units” in zoning-speak, City Council previously loosened codes to encourage these apartments in historically designated buildings in order to make redevelopment more feasible. In February, with guidance from the city’s Planning Commission, Councilmember María Quiñones-Sánchez introduced another bill allowing ADUs across the city. Quiñones-Sánchez said the idea is to preserve affordability and potentially give empty-nesters and seniors an option for an additional income source by allowing for a wider range of housing options. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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