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Ali Velshi Covers the Gordie Howe International Bridge Saga

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member joins Mitch Landrieu and Fred Hochberg to discuss Trump's threats and damage to our infrastructure projects

By Ali Velshi
Guest Commentary

Renters Need Safe Healthy Homes Too

Homeowners aren’t the only ones who need affordable housing that’s fair for its occupants. A tenants rights advocate asks City Council to crack down on negligent landlords

By Melissa Monts
The New Urban Order

276,000 Acres of Public Land Hiding in Plain Sight

How can cities unlock land they already own for uses like affordable housing and conservation? The head of one promising initiative offers new tools — and potential solutions

By Diana Lind
The New Urban Order

The Atlanta Idea Philly Should Steal

What Market East could learn about enlightened development from ATL’s burgeoning South Downtown

By Diana Lind
Guest Commentary

It’s Philadelphia’s Big Housing Moment. Who’s Keeping Watch?

H.O.M.E. is Philadelphia's most ambitious housing investment in decades. A civic infrastructure consultant argues that the city still lacks something essential: an independent account of housing system health.

By Amanda Soskin
The New Urban Order

Would You Move for Built-in Community?

A program that pays people to relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma has grown the city’s population and quadrupled its investment. Is this an idea Philly should steal?

By Diana Lind

Defining Our Housing Challenge(s)

Laying out the seven distinct but intersecting problems that boil down to: "How do you build more homes that people can afford?"

By Bruce Katz and Colin Higgins
The New Urban Order

Where’s the American Dream for Renters?

Renters — an entire generation who can’t afford to buy a house — deserve economic mobility, too. The solution: Programs that help save money and build equity

By Diana Lind
Ideas We Should Steal

Keep Philly Renters from Drowning in Junk Fees

Undisclosed in rental leases, add-on costs threaten to upend affordable housing. Seattle and other cities have begun to put a stop to the practice

By Cristian Salazar

Could Philly’s $2 Billion Bet on Housing Help Cut Gun Violence?

Research has found that fixing up abandoned homes can make a city safer. The H.O.M.E Plan calls for building and rehabbing 30,000 homes in four years

By Mensah M. Dean