Topic: Housing

Does Every City Need a Family Zoning Plan?
How Philadelphia, San Francisco and other cities could keep more families if they allowed more small apartment buildings
By Diana Lind
End this Housing Injustice
Vote for a ballot measure to stop City Hall shortchanging communities out of affordable housing benefits
By Jamie Gauthier Philadelphia City Council
How to Build a 15-Minute City
Join developer Charles Lomax and PHA director Kelvin Jeremiah for The Citizen’s next Development … for Good event on May 20
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
How to Get More of the Housing Philly Needs
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
By Jon Geeting
Rebuilding Philadelphia, One Block at a Time
A nonprofit that recruits volunteers to repair homes is strengthening the physical, social, and economic infrastructure of Philly’s neighborhoods
By Malcolm Burnley
Two Problems, One Solution
Better public transit access provides higher property values, and more incentive to build much-needed housing. That should be a wake-up call on the need to fund SEPTA
By Jon Geeting
Be Like Ike
Drexel’s Metro Finance head looks back at a national hero and truly presidential leader (and a select delicious dessert) to make sense of what we need in this radical moment
By Bruce Katz
The Future of Philly Starts at Home
The dream of owning a home doesn’t have to remain out of reach for underserved Philadelphians, argues Citadel Credit Union’s CEO
By Bill Brown
A Housing Plan Held Hostage?
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
By Jon Geeting
Long Live Co-Living
The housing trend changes year by year — but "adult dorms" are still a thing
By Diana Lind