Topic: Philadelphia Taxes
Fund Housing. Save Lives.
Mayor Kenney has proposed slashing the Housing Trust Fund. A longtime affordable housing advocate on why that could mean disaster—for all of us
By Nora Lichtash
Can We Talk This Over?
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart released an alternative to Mayor Kenney’s revised tax-and-cut budget. Will City Council listen?
By Larry Platt
Who Wins and Who Loses?
Philly 3.0’s Engagement Director on who stands to gain—and who doesn’t—from Mayor Kenney’s post-Covid budget plan
By Jon Geeting
Making Work Pay
City Council unanimously passed Allan Domb’s wage tax rebate for low-income workers. This, Philly 3.0’s engagement director notes, is exactly the right moment for Mayor Kenney to sign it into law
By Jon Geeting
Welcome to Spendadelphia!
On the eve of budget season, a new report by Controller Rebecca Rhynhart looks at Mayor Jim Kenney's historic spending spree. Do you trust him with your money?
By Larry Platt
Where’s the Bang for All Our City Bucks?
The city has way more money than in 2016. Philly 3.0’s engagement director wonders what services we’re getting with that.
By Jon Geeting
A Business Community Call to Arms
The political left seems to want jobs but without the employers to provide them. So what are you going to do about that, job creators?
By Larry Platt
Jim Kenney’s Taxadelphia
Property taxes are going up again. Why is it always groundhog day for the middle class Philadelphia taxpayer?
By Larry Platt
The Tax That Ate Philadelphia
The closing of a grocery in what will now be a food desert due to the soda tax may be a defining moment. Mayor Kenney’s response? A Trump-like personal attack
By Larry Platt
Hey, Big Spender
The mayor has increased the spending of your taxpayer dollars by a whopping 17 percent since taking office. What is our return on that investment?
By Larry Platt