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Housing

Mayor Kenney speaks at annual budget address. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s construction tax is dead and Kenney wants to pay for affordable housing with cash from abatements

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.

8 years ago

Listen 2:16
Federal, state and local officials break ground on Norris Apartments Phase III, a project to replace the Norris Homes near Temple University.
Community

As PHA begins third phase of North Philly development, Temple pledges support

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

8 years ago

New houses abut old in Northern Liberties, one of the city’s fastest gentrifying areas. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

City officials: Philly to add 100,000 homes by 2028

A housing plan introduced by Philadelphia planning czar Anne Fadullon Wednesday calls for producing and preserving a combined 100,000 units over the next 10 years.  

8 years ago

 Almost a year later, many Hurricane Maria evacuees are more established in Philadelphia communities such as Norris Square. (Catalina Jaramillo/PlanPhilly)
Community

End of temporary FEMA housing for Puerto Rican evacuees won’t be catastrophic in Philly

There were still 1,032 families living in hotels in 27 states and Puerto Rico. In Pennsylvania, only 21 families are still in hotels.

8 years ago

Homes damaged along the New Jersey Shore after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. (b0jangles via Flickr Creative Commons: https://bit.ly/1mhaR6e)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

Study: Sea level rise already hurting coastal real estate prices

Homes exposed to rising seas are selling for about seven percent less than similar properties.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

End of temporary FEMA housing for Puerto Rican evacuees won’t be catastrophic in Philly

8 years ago

In Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the country, nearly 67 percent of the landlords surveyed by researchers said they did not accept the vouchers. (Urban Institute/Department of Housing and Urban Development)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

New research paints frustrating portrait of housing voucher program

A new national study calls the country’s housing choice voucher program — formerly known as Section 8 — 'daunting' for low-income residents hoping to leave poverty behind.

8 years ago

Listen 2:30
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New research paints a frustrating portrait of housing voucher program

8 years ago

The 100 block of Mole Street — in Center City. (Jake Blumgart/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

An intimate rowhouse block holds its own as towers rise around it

But this stretch of Mole Street is actually quite singular: It is the only remaining block of rowhouses left in this part of Center City.

8 years ago

Jerome Maynard at his apartment in Northwest Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Money
Broke in Philly

To prevent chronic homelessness, Philly nonprofit offers some young adults more than shelter

Permanent supportive housing is one of the most expensive, full-service models out there for helping people experiencing homelessness regain stability.

8 years ago

Listen 6:54
New construction rises over an empty field in Meridian, a suburb of Boise, Idaho. Today, home values have rebounded, but people who want to buy a new home are often priced out of the market.(Kyle Green for NPR)
NPR
Community

The new housing crisis: shut out of the market

Ten years after the housing collapse during the Great Recession, a new and different housing crisis has emerged.

8 years ago

Landlord George Fantini has agreed to pay New Castle County $438,000 to settle his debt for code violations, back taxes and other infractions at properties such as this one in Claymont. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Community

New Castle County takes action against landlord who won’t pay up

George Fantini’s dozens of properties, mostly in Claymont, have had nearly 2,000 county code enforcement inspections and 418 code enforcement violations, officials say.

8 years ago

Former WHA board chairman Herman Holloway said he will fight until WHA's new executive  director John Hill is reconsidered. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Senate candidate takes aim at newly appointed Wilmington Housing Authority exec

Former board chairman questions the suitability of new leader and voting procedure to hire him.

8 years ago

(PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

A fresh look at the city’s tax-aid programs for its many homeowners

In Philadelphia, fears about development and neighborhood change are often couched in terms of rising home values and increasing property taxes.

8 years ago

File photo: A row of houses on North 27th Street in North Philadelphia.  (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Old homes, high poverty make Philadelphia housing less than affordable for some

Poor-quality houses and unusually high poverty tilt the equation so that demand far outstrips supply here, making affordable homes hard to obtain and difficult to manage.

8 years ago

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