Topic: City Council

Dozens of proposed new homes are sitting in limbo because City Council won’t release City-owned properties for affordable development

Your step-by-step guide for attending and speaking out at Philadelphia City Council, Board of Education and Department of Planning and Development meetings

Mayor Parker’s Mission 30,000 could be a game-changer for Philadelphia’s housing crisis — if City Council doesn’t get in the way

Connor Barwin’s City-funded $21 million revamp of Vare Recreation Center shows what the Kenney-era program could accomplish — so why did it fall so short of its target?

Billionaires fighting. Pols flailing. Protestors screaming. Did the last three years really happen? What went wrong — or right — behind the arena wars

… and other concerns that will shape Philly politics in 2025, from a Drexel University politics professor

Guest Commentary from the head of the Building Industry Association on why he applauds City Council for approving the new Sixers arena

It’s a process that puts the city and citizens first — unlike, according to urban planner Harris Steinberg of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, what happened with 76 Place, the proposed Sixers arena.

Mayor Parker’s Clean and Green initiative is a great slogan and even a potential game changer. But what about cleaning up local government?

How can voters and politicians better communicate with each other?