Topic: Housing
Mayoral Misdiagnosis?
Cherelle Parker’s budget boiled down to jobs versus housing. Did she and City Council make the right bet?
By Larry Platt
Home Repairs 2.0 Hits Harrisburg
Philly State Senator Nikil Saval is working on a bipartisan bill for a new state program to help around 2,500 homeowners each year stay in their houses
By Malcolm Burnley
Six Trends Transforming Cities in 2025
In Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and other U.S. cities, the second half of this decade will look … different
By Diana Lind
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 R. Gauthier
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