Topic: Housing

The ballot measure Philadelphians passed last month could be the start of needed reforms to the role community groups play in creating more housing for more people

How will the ruling in City of Grants Pass, Oregon, v. Gloria Johnson affect how Philadelphia addresses our own homelessness crisis?

Cities around the country are buying vacant office buildings to convert to housing or to meet other civic needs. Here’s why Philly should do the same

Can Philadelphia develop our way out of an affordable housing crisis? This week, The Citizen gathered experts on the matter to work out the answer to that very big question

When it comes to finding more affordable homes for their residents, Drexel’s Metro Finance Head says, cities should look at current housing stock, offer incentives — and move fast.

… is to buy it. Here’s how Philadelphia could do that

Two Center City brothers expand their luxury real estate portfolio with low-profit, high-satisfaction housing for Philadelphia’s working class

We can have both, Philly 3.0’s engagement director argues — if the City can get out of its own way

What you call our neighbors who live on the street doesn’t matter, a writer who was homeless argues. What matters is that we have the means to bring them inside — but choose not to

Philadelphia once led the country on keeping rents down — and, says the director of our city’s Rent Control Coalition, we can do it again