Aaron Moselle

A bill moving through City Council would require developers to legally commit to creating affordable housing they’ve promised the community.

The city’s Streets Department has started installing the vertical deflection devices as part of a pilot project designed to make the state road safer.

Supporters say the measure closes a loophole created by an incentive program designed to create more affordable housing in the city.

The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.

The mayor wants Council to adopt her Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative in tandem with the city’s next budget. Lawmakers will put their $.02 in before that happens.

Built in the 1990s, Philadelphia’s Kings Highway Apartments comprises 27 buildings along Frankford Avenue. Odin Properties bought and renovated them last year.

The proposal may violate state law. It comes as the administration seeks to expand the city’s housing supply amid an ongoing crisis.

The affordable housing complex is gone, but a new development will rise in its place following a legal settlement with the city.

The $6.3 billion plan is designed to help address Philadelphia's deepening affordable housing crisis.

City Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke is set to introduce a legislative package designed to protect tenants and hold landlords accountable.

The legislation is designed to make it easier for developers to build homes in certain sections of the city.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority has committed to rehabbing and renting the properties, but an anti-blight nonprofit could end up with them instead.