PlanPhilly Archive

“With a Harris-Walz administration, we will at least have a seat at the table,” one activist said. “With a Trump administration, there won't be a table.”

While the Land Bank has disposed of hundreds of public parcels, its processes are widely considered too complex, opaque and slow.

After a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in April, inspectors declared the building unsafe. The branch reopened just in time to serve as a polling place for the election.

Business leaders were asked by the region’s largest chamber of commerce to advocate for politicians to pass a bill that could stop the transit agency’s austerity measures.

Councilmember Mark Squilla introduced a package of bills that would authorize the arena. Lawmakers will now spend weeks considering them.

The money will help the utility improve the safety of its distribution lines and reduce climate-warming emissions.

The request comes as City Council prepares to consider the approvals the team needs to build the $1.55 billion facility.

The company has agreed to create a nonprofit to distribute at least $100,000 a year for community initiatives.

The Keystone Opportunity Zone extension, which still needs to be approved by the Board of Education, would stretch through 2043.

The measure gives the city the ability to sue violators on behalf of tenants.

The project started in 2020 and is expected to wrap up early next year.

Members of POWER Interfaith raised a number of concerns with the deal that would keep the Sixers in the city until 2061.

City sanitation crews have already collected tons worth of household items too big to put in the regular trash.

For decades, AMI has shaped affordable housing programs in the city. Some advocates think the measure misses the mark and should be localized.

The antitrust measure is designed to help tenants with low-incomes to stay housed.