…the area, and subsequently a rise in population and property value. But the statistics on housing and property value in Kensington, both previous and present, tell a different story. Abandoned… [continue reading…]
…the Housing Authority this year, but in 2008 Mantua, one of Parkside’s closest neighbors, was awarded by the Housing Authority with the $27 million Mantua Square project. According to Housing… [continue reading…]
…said West, who would support the city should it choose to renew Logan’s run-down areas by adding new housing developments and resources. West’s remedy to resolving blight in Logan is… [continue reading…]
…stands at Fifth Street and Hunting Park Avenue. The headquarters offers job training, credit counseling, low-income housing placement, general education degree, or GED, classes and a CareerLink center. This faith-based… [continue reading…]
…find at best and frightening at worst. We were meeting Wagner, a self-proclaimed Philadelphia brewery expert at an intersection wedged between train tracks, old brewing companies and a new housing… [continue reading…]
…housing and the new high-class housing.” Residents of the new housing agree. Evelyn Martinez recognizes that her new neighborhood has problems of its own, referring to it as “the ghetto… [continue reading…]
…turn vacant, foreclosed properties into user-friendly houses. This program received $16.8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support their effort. Still, the neighborhood remains… [continue reading…]
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