Affordable Housing

NJ priorities

What are N.J.'s most urgent policy priorities? Advocates outline 7 in new roadmap for state

Affordable housing project to be built on vacant North Philly lots

Fairhill Affordable Homes

City Council calls for Mayor Parker's H.O.M.E. plan to prioritize Philly's poorest residents

HOME hearing Nov. 12

City Council approves additional hiring protections for jobseekers with criminal records

Rue Landau hiring

City Council plans to address a range of issues this fall – from utility costs to affordable housing

city council fall 2025

Mayor Parker's H.O.M.E. initiative and renter protections approved in final council session before summer recess

HOME initiative, housing bills

Philadelphia Housing Authority buys 4 more apartment buildings in push to add affordable homes

PHA Apartments Philly

Philly renters could get more protections under bills aimed at making landlords keep up with repairs

Safe Healthy Housing

Philadelphia Housing Authority 'aggressively' buying apartments to boost affordable housing inventory

PHA Affordable Housing

Mayor Parker proposes $2 billion investment to make Philadelphia housing more accessible

Cherelle Parker Housing Plan

Mayor Cherelle Parker sets ambitious housing plan in motion to meet goal of building or preserving 30,000 units

Parker Housing Philadelphia

To kick off year that's 'all about housing,' City Council introduces legislation to cut upfront fees for new tenants

city council affordable housing

Philly housing market will be among the most competitive in U.S. for buyers in 2025, Zillow says

Philly Housing Market

Philly homeless advocates fear Supreme Court's ruling encourages 'criminalizing poverty'

204-unit apartment complex proposed in West Philly includes affordable housing

West Philly Apartments

Camden's troubled Northgate One building to be converted into affordable housing tower

Camden Northgate One

76ers alter arena proposal to include residential tower, public promenade

76ers Arena Apartments

Philly is among 4 U.S. cities where owning a home is cheaper than renting, report finds

Renting and Owning Philadelphia Report

Developer breaks ground on senior affordable housing project in Chinatown

Chinatown Senior Housing

City Council legislative package aims to save affordable housing properties from expiring contracts

People's Preservation Package

Settlement allows UC Townhomes to be demolished and sold, but preserves some space for affordable housing

UC Townhomes settlement

PHA opens housing voucher waitlist after 12 years, but barriers to access remain

PHA Voucher Waitlist

University City Townhome residents get third affordable housing extension as eviction looms

UC Townhomes extension

Tent encampment at University City Townhomes dismantled amid protest

UC Townhomes Encampment

University City Townhomes encampment must must be taken down by Monday, judge rules

University City Townhomes

Activists set up encampment at University City Townhomes to fight for fair housing

University City Townhomes

Affordable homes to replace nuisance Liberty Motel in North Philly

Affordable Homes Liberty Motel

Homeless veteran housing completed at historic Art Deco school building in North Philly

Philly Affordable Housing Veterans

Philadelphia to build 1,000 affordable houses as part of new homeownership program

Neighborhood Preservation

A look inside the Philadelphia real estate market and steps that can be taken for the future of affordable housing

Northeast Philly For Sale

Habitat for Humanity Philly will use $5 million gift from MacKenzie Scott to increase affordable housing

Affordable housing complex dispute in University City underscores the impact of decades-long gentrification

University City Townhomes

Bucks County extends benefits for landlords who rent to low-income tenants

For Rent

Philadelphia voters approve ballot question calling for marijuana decriminalization in Pennsylvania

Ballot measures results

What Philly's ballot question about marijuana decriminalization really means

Philly ballot questions

City Council outlines funding breakdown for $400 million Neighborhood Preservation Initiative

Neighborhood Preservation Initiative

Philly Accelerator Fund creates loan program for minority-owned property developers

Housing Accelerator Fund

PHA, Project HOME development in Kensington will be targeted to homeless in Philly

PHA Kensington HOME

Frankel Enterprises breaks ground on North Philly affordable housing project

Residences at Diamond Village

Philadelphia moving homeless residents from COVID-19 prevention spaces to permanent housing

philly homeless housing covid-19.jpg

Philadelphia Housing Authority commits 240 properties for affordable development

Row homes PHA

Philly reaches deal to end homeless encampment on Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Deal Homeless Encampment Philly

Philly homeless services organizations receive $1.5 million in grants

Homelessness Philly Grants

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