Development

Several housing-focused books are coming out this winter and spring. Here, 12 worth your time in 2025

The owner of the Phoenix Suns has made buying food and drink at home games radically affordable. Should Mayor Parker and City Council have made that an issue in their negotiations with the Sixers?

A guest commentary from a prominent Philadelphia Black pastor on why he and some other faith leaders oppose the plan to put an arena in Market East

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.

The latest U.S. Census data gives a clearer picture of American home ownership — and the perils of renting

Drexel’s Metro Finance head on what cities can learn from … Alabama

Drexel’s Metro Finance director on the return of “New Localism” in the second age of Trump

San Francisco pro-housing activist and Philly native Sonja Trauss will return to her hometown on November 15 to herald a solution to our housing crisis. Here, she reflects on how to avoid the pitfalls of Bay Area unaffordability

From the outside, this brand-new Olde Kensington development looks like the rest of the shiny luxury options. Inside, however, it’s all about the arts and community.

What Philly can learn and gain (affordable housing!) from doing the unthinkable: Making our parking spots more expensive.