1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative

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Which Is the Problem: Affordable Housing or Poverty?

Jonathan Geeting argues that Philadelphia’s recently proposed affordable housing program is focusing on the wrong problem—in Philadelphia, housing is quite affordable, but people are still too poor to afford it.

March 21, 2014 - Next City

1,500 Affordable Housing Units Proposed for Philadelphia

The “1,500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative” would target gentrifying neighborhoods in the hopes of preserving a mix of incomes where housing costs are pricing-out long-term residents.

March 19, 2014 - PlanPhilly

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