Housing

Late Wednesday afternoon, Somerset LLC won a variance to enable their plan for the development of 153 housing units

Over the last decade, Philadelphia saw a rise in rentership well above the national average, and higher than most of the nation’s other large cities, according to new data

Detailing the strategies Philadelphia hopes to employ to create or preserve 100,000 units of housing in the next 10 years, the city’s new housing plan dropped on Wednesday.

 City Council passed a package of housing bills on Thursday after over a year of debate.

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A City Council committee voted unanimously to advance a package of affordable housing bills.

A new voluntary inclusionary zoning bill is projected to bring $18 million to the Housing Trust over the next five years.

Redlining has shaped Philadelphia dramatically, affecting not only the city’s demographics and widespread inequality, but also its psychology.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Lydia Adorno and her family came from Manatí, a municipality in the northern coast of Puerto Rico. They now have a row home in NW Philly.

Activists say the plan would be a step forward in the state’s slow recovery from the foreclosure crisis.

Housing advocates fear the law will do far more harm than good — to homeowners and legal tenants.

The administration and Council came to an agreement to officially kill the 1 percent construction tax.

Speculative development is on the rise in Philadelphia with many neighborhoods on the cusp of rapid gentrification.

For the mayor’s proposal to move forward, the construction tax’s sponsors would have to recall the construction tax bill on Thursday, Sept 13.

The new affordable-housing is a five-phase, $125 million development partially funded by a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant from HUD.