Urban Planning

The ruling is the latest example of the board allowing real estate interests to skirt existing land use regulations, despite community opposition.

Trump's proposed FY2019 budget poses a massive threat to Philly's progress stabilizing neighborhoods, preventing foreclosures and fighting homelessness, city officials say.

"These disparities hurt all Philadelphians and likely impact my constituents disproportionately,” the Point Breeze councilman said.

Nearly all financial institutions nationwide have passed Community Reinvestment Act inspections since 2009, even though racial disparities in lending remain pronounced.

Philadelphia is among the largest U.S. cities where people of color are denied conventional home purchase loans at significantly higher rates than whites.