Urban Planning

The investments are meant to bolster the mayor’s plan to create and preserve 30,000 housing units amid an affordable housing crisis.

SEPTA will eliminate 18 bus routes as part of a phased overhaul starting in August, aiming to increase service and improve reliability for riders.

Electricity rates are rising along with profits for investor-owned utilities.

The Hope 220 Solution Center in the Spring Garden neighborhood is part of an effort to eliminate homelessness in Philadelphia.

The $9 million in additional funds will help mitigate flooding. Nearby residents have worried that restoring the Cobbs Creek Golf Course would exacerbate the problem.

The nonprofit plans to demolish its longtime home on Spruce Street to make way for a new building that will also feature affordable apartments.

Residents wonder about using the old Greyhound station, and object to 8th and Arch option.

Delmarva Power is downplaying its recent request to raise electricity rates, arguing supply price hikes are responsible for customers' higher costs.

Regional planners are questioning a proposal to redirect $12.5 million to complete the project’s design phase without construction funding secured.

El programa comenzó en noviembre de 2023. La mayoría de los casos fueron para clientes que estaban por debajo del nivel federal de pobreza.

City Council’s housing committee advanced the legislation after months of negotiations with the mayor’s administration and landlord advocates.

The sponsor of the proposed incineration ban pulled the bill from a vote at the last minute in January once it appeared to lack support.

Advocate says the ruling may put city’s historic preservation program “in jeopardy.”

Mortgage rates dropped below 6% last week for the first time in years, a sign that some economists believe will trigger a more active and competitive housing market.

City plans to create 1,000 more beds and make residences more welcoming.