Urban Planning

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.

The proposed City Council bills could benefit renters afraid of speaking out about their living conditions, fair housing advocates say.

Philadelphia is the first city in the country to employ this enforcement approach on trolleys or light rail.

Building a bus terminal next to the Amtrak station is “a very exciting option that has a lot of barriers to it,” city planner says.

The program started in November 2023. The majority of the cases were for clients who were below the federal poverty level.

A thousand workers are expected to be back on the job after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars to fund construction.