Urban Planning

Since launching in 2015, Jumpstart Germantown has issued more than $50 million in loans to help new developers renovate vacant single-family homes.

Warehouses remain largely unregulated in the state and can be built with little to no environmental review or public scrutiny.

Built to Last, which staff say helps “future-proof” Philly homes, got $5 million in the budget City Council passed Thursday.

The findings shed new light on the June 11, 2023, early morning crash that destroyed the bridge beyond repair.

Their investigation found that the Department of Licenses and Inspections only has 15 inspectors, and is unable to keep up with demand and oversight of the properties.

The historic property has sat vacant for nearly 20 years. A real estate developer hopes a judge gives him the opportunity to change that.

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia will fix up a group of homes on the 3200 block of West Huntingdon Street, completing a multi-week effort in the North Philly neighborhood.

The mayor’s initial spending plan did not include city funding for the new 70-unit development in West Philadelphia.

The cleanup started this week in the River Wards neighborhoods. North Philly is next, followed by West, Southwest and South Philly.

A feasibility study will identify a new home for bus travelers in and out of Philadelphia.

Advocates say the bill preserves an important tool for protecting garden land from development.

The Fair Practices Ordinance prohibits landlords from rejecting potential tenants based on how they would pay rent.

The existing port has been operational for a century, but it can’t handle the 1,000-foot ships like the one that destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge.

A site in the far northeast could be used for bow hunting later this fall under regulations from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

If the five-person planning commission votes ‘yes,’ Brandywine View Apartments will break ground on 266 market-rate rental units.