Topic: Cherelle Parker

Mayor Parker’s $2 billion initiative to build or rehab 30,000 affordable homes includes $800 million in municipal bonds — which might come with their own hefty price tag

Ahead of the 2023 mayoral election, we asked citizens to play the role of hiring manager. Now we're once again inviting Mayor Parker to appear before you, her employers

Yes, we need more affordable homes for more Philadelphians. This is an underlooked way to get there

Cherelle Parker’s budget boiled down to jobs versus housing. Did she and City Council make the right bet?

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

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