Laughter could be heard from the sidewalk outside of the homeless shelter known as My Brother’s House. A large blue-and-white-tiled mural stretches along the side of the building, along with the words, ‘Home away from [continue reading…]
Building and maintaining affordable housing urban centers like Philadelphia is complex. Forces like urban blight and gentrification make development difficult but essential. For Philadelphia’s most socio-economic vulnerable residents housing redevelopment plans mean the difference between having [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25662284] Standing at the corner of Broad and West Jefferson streets sits a massive brick building with rows of scalloped, white-trimmed windows and two fluted pillars that adorn the sides of a set of rusted [continue reading…]
With its oldest location being located at 1515 Fairmount Ave., Project H.O.M.E has been a staple in the Francisville community for over 20 years. The Francisville location offers 48 rental opportunities, primarily for patrons with [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25598177] This new Temple University program in North Philadelphia literally provides a fresh twist to Temple’s mission of ‘giving back’ to the surrounding community. Launched by Temple’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) this [continue reading…]
Comcast is one of the country’s most prominent entertainment and communications companies. Comcast decided to share its great success and give back to the community. Because of this, Comcast helped to make one organization’s dream [continue reading…]
Before joining the Project H.O.M.E. community Hyacinth King, 56, recalled living out of a cardboard box on the streets of Philadelphia and hustling for money and pills. “I wasn’t always that way,” King said. Growing [continue reading…]
With the final version of President Obama’s 2011 budget still pending, leaders in the Philadelphia community met yesterday to discuss the local implications of proposed budget cuts to housing and homelessness programs. Located at 1515 [continue reading…]
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