Topic: Cherelle Parker

Two relatively simple fixes in the City’s building codes could let developers build more housing units for less money. Now is the time to make that happen

Jew hate in a Center City bar. A cop shot during a brawl outside Overbrook High. An assassination attempt on our Governor. Maybe it’s time for a rally that reminds us to refocus on shared values and seeing ourselves in one another?

Because, as this budget season reminds us, Democrats had better stop celebrating what they spend — and instead focus on what they actually build and deliver for real people

Mayor Parker promised 30,000 new affordable homes, but her H.O.M.E. plan mostly focuses instead on rehabbing existing houses — and relies on skeptical members of City Council to move forward

A visual representation of the per-resident cost of the City's budget — and how it has changed from last year — in partnership with Committee of Seventy

Mayor Parker has proposed reducing the amount of City money spent on free transit passes for government workers. Here’s why that’s a mistake

The new plan lays out an ambitious array of changes to speed up the building of new affordable housing in Philly

After a year of intervention in Philadelphia’s most infamous neighborhood, homicides and shootings have dropped.

Dozens of proposed new homes are sitting in limbo because City Council won’t release City-owned properties for affordable development

The Mayor’s budget would maintain programs that she says helped drive down shootings, despite uncertainty under President Donald Trump