Jake Blumgart

David Oh’s anti-squatting legislation has finally advanced out of committee, after nine months of relentless advocacy from the Republican at-large City Council member.

The area could become a special taxing district that will raise funds from property owners and spend them on neighborhood-specific services.

PlanPhilly spoke with UCLA's Donald Shoup, one of the nation’s foremost experts on parking policy, about mandatory minimums and alternative ideas.

The new version of the bill calls for smaller increases in parking requirements that are more likely to be signed into law than those in the measure’s predecessors.

The bill would make city funds for insurance available to all registered community groups that hold zoning meetings regarding new development projects in their neighborhoods.