The 19 member US Interagency Council to End Homelessness (USICH) has released the administration’s coordinated plan to end homelessness, “Opening Doors.” The plan has 10 objectives and 52 strategies for coordinating Federal, State, Local, as well as private sector resources to solve homelessness. An Excerpt from the Executive Summary: “HUD Secretary Shaun...
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The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Releases “Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness”
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania White Paper Focuses Gubernatorial Candidates on Housing Issues
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010The Housing Alliance released Homes Within Reach Gubernatorial White Paper 2010 on August 5 as a resource for Pennsylvania's gubernatorial candidates to use as they develop their policy agendas. The document examines the housing, homelessness and community development programs managed by the Commonwealth and evaluates what's working, what's...
Policy Publications
Friday, April 16th, 2010PACDC has become the repository for information on community development in Philadelphia for neighborhood groups about their communities. We have assembled a series of documents and papers to help neighborhood-based groups to develop effective strategic plans for improving the quality of life for residents of their communities. "Philadelphia's Development Permit...
John Kromer: “Fixing Broken Cities”
Monday, September 21st, 2009The new book by John Kromer, Senior Consultant Fels Institute of Government, "Fixing Broken Cities: The Implementation of Urban Development Strategies," was just released. The book is based largely on Kromer's first-hand experiences and observations, including a chapter on Mayor John Street's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. For more...
Property Acquisition & Disposition Update
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009PACDC is pursuing implementation of the six-point property acquisition/disposition agenda we developed in consultation with members and other key stakeholders. To download the agenda: http://www.pacdc.org/docs/Acquisition_101408.pdf The City is moving forward with efforts to address challenges in the system, with the latest estimate being that they expect to complete their audit of NTI...
LISC, Econsult and City of Philadelphia Release Commercial Corridors Report
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009The report examines commercial corridors in Philadelphia and produces a framework to help decision makers better understand the effectiveness of interventions for corridor success. Econsult's analysis combines extensive, locally unprecedented data gathering with thorough econometric analysis to investigate the drivers of commercial success for all 265 retail corridors in Philadelphia. ...
Beyond the Foreclosure Crisis: Reconstituting the Rental Housing Market in Pennsylvania
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009The April 2009 report by the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government highlights the important role that affordable rental housing plays in the both improving local economies and stabilizing regional real estate markets. From the Introduction: The lack of reasonable rental options for households in the turn-of-the-century real estate...
Zoning Code Commission Releases Interim Report
Friday, June 26th, 2009Zoning Code Commission Executive Director, Eva Gladstein, provided an overview of the Zoning Code Commission's recently released "Interim Report: Assessment of Philadelphia’s Existing Code" and participated in a discussion with stakeholders at PACDC's April Policy Committee meeting. Results from 10 community outreach meetings held in each of Philadelphia’s city council districts...
New Pew Report Examines the State of Philadelphia
Friday, June 26th, 2009A new, wide-ranging State of the City report from The Pew Charitable Trusts' Philadelphia Research Initiative depicts a city that has made progress on a number of key fronts but still struggles with long-term forces of decline. In 2009, Philadelphia can boast an economy that offers relative stability but little dynamism,...
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