Daily Gazette: An Inside Look at Gentrification in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities (PCAC) has been on the ground for 15 years trying to combat the decades-long trends of gentrification in cities across the United States. Since the 1980s, cities and metropolitan regions have been grappling with effects stemming from gentrification.

Spirit News: Women’s Community Revitalization Cuts Ribbon on 36 New Townhomes in Port Richmond

The Women’s Community Revitalization Project and partner Firm Hope Baptist Church cut the ribbon during a ceremony Friday at Grace Townhomes, a newly built residential development that brings 36 townhomes to a formerly blighted lot in Port Richmond.

Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Point Breeze: Local Organizations Partner To Build Affordable Housing

​On Feb. 9, the Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) received approval from the Philadelphia Vacant Property Review Committee for two parcels in Point Breeze that will become the Mamie Nichols Townhomes.

Spirit News: Awarding an Innovator - Nora Lichtash Receives Award for 30 Years of Helping Communities

Nora Lichtash has spent the past 30 years in the Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) offering her leadership to communities in need. While Lichtash has always embraced her leadership qualities, others are formally recognizing it. On January 26, 2017, Lichtash received the first place award for Social Innovator in Community Development at the Philadelphia Social Innovation Journal Awards.

WHYY Newsworks: Prospect of Carson leading HUD worries some housing activists

It's not official yet, but retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate Ben Carson is expected to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That concerns some housing advocates in the region, who worry the doctor doesn't have the right experience or vision to head a multibillion-dollar federal agency that helps fund projects benefiting low-income residents.

CBS Philly: Affordable Housing Community Unveiled In Port Richmond

 A community consisting of three dozen new affordable housing townhomes was unveiled in Port Richmond Friday.

South Philly Review: The Top 12 Development Sites We’ll Watch Through 2016

​A lot’s going on in South Philly’s evolving built environment, and we’re curious to watch it all pan out.

The Philadelphia Citizen Updates: Women's Community Revitalization Project

This spring, with the help of the Urban Innovation Award and coming off of a successful project in Point Breeze, WCRP turned its focus to development in Grays Ferry—thoughtfully, strategically. The group is working with community groups and residents to create a neighborhood plan that can serve a couple purposes: It will identify several parcels of land that can be turned by WCRP or others into perpetually affordable housing and commercial space.