In an April 2025 report on the housing plan, the Parker administration admits that, in light of declining federal investment ...

The city plans to use general obligation bonds to help fund its affordable housing plan, but there are limits on how much it can borrow this way. The state constitution limits Philadelphia’s ability ...

AffordableHousing.com is the first major housing-search platform to overlay Opportunity Atlas tract-level mobility data with neighborhood-level air-quality information. This dual-layer view gives ...

Supportive housing works—but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. When people picture supportive housing, they sometimes imagine a group home or a shelter. It’s neither.

Driscoll amendment gives Controller oversight of H.O.M.E. As part of City Council’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget negotiations, City Councilman Mike Driscoll (D-6th dist.) introduced an amendment that gives ...

To increase affordable housing production in rural communities, Garcia noted that Congress can adopt bipartisan solutions such as the 30% basis boost for rural housing projects proposed in the ...

Separately, the council also approved the sale of $800 million in bonds to fund Mayor Cherelle Parker's Housing Opportunities Made Easy, or HOME initiative.

By the numbers: Parker will borrow $800 million to build or preserve 30,000 housing units as part of her ambitious H.O.M.E. plan for Housing Opportunities Made Easy.

Philadelphia City Hall. Council on Thursday largely approved Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s taxing and spending proposal for the budget that takes effect July 1 as well as much of her Housing ...

Philadelphia City Council just approved Mayor Parker’s signature housing proposal. Here’s what you need to know The $2 billion plan — the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative — is rooted in ...