Topic: Housing

Generation Change Philly: The Home Maker
Developer Mo Rushdy made his reputation on high-end luxury homes. Now, he’s turned his considerable talents to creating generational wealth for low- to middle-income Philadelphians
By Courtney DuChene
Hope For Housing Access
Philly 3.0’s engagement director applauds the state legislature’s big moves on housing this year. Now, let’s keep it going.
By Jon Geeting
Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Security Deposit Alternatives
Philly rents rose 6 percent during the pandemic, making security deposits even harder for new tenants. A Cincinnati law is applying private market disruption to the problem. Should we do that here too?
By Jill Harkins
Ronnie Listens: Why “Housing First” Works
The “Housing First” model is helping homeless people get — and stay — off the streets. So why is it still considered “radical?”
By Ronnie Polaneczky
Guest Commentary: Here’s How We Can Make Housing More Affordable
Habitat for Humanity’s local CEO on three ways the state — and you — can help thousands of homeowners and renters in Pennsylvania
By Corinne O'Connell
The Virus and the City: Keeping Parasitic Capital Away from Our Homes
Corporate investment disproportionately affected Black families’ ability to buy a house, the single most important component of wealth in the US. Drexel’s Metro Finance head lays out what we must do to fix this
By Bruce Katz and Lori Bamberger
A Major Pocketbook Issue
New property assessments out today could significantly raise taxes next year for Philadelphia homeowners. Philly 3.0’s engagement director on what the City can do to ease the burden
By Jon Geeting
Business for Good: BirdWatch/birdSEED
Real estate entrepreneur Lisa Wise turns first-time Washington, D.C. homebuyers into homeowners with no-strings-attached microgrants — and plans to do the same in Philly
By Courtney DuChene