Next City: How Philly Could Fight Gentrification With Rowhouse Fix-Ups

Philadelphia has an exceptional supply of cheap, handsome single-family rowhouses. Unfortunately, after years of deferred maintenance or vacancy, many don’t pass the livability test. 

Philadelphia Tribune: 36 new, affordable townhomes in Port Richmond

A partnership that includes the Women’s Community Revitalization Project and Firm Hope Baptist Church has paved the way for 36 new, affordable townhomes that now grace what been a blighted lot in Port Richmond.

Generocity: 10 community land trusts from across Pa. have united

Pennsylvania’s community land trusts want you to know they’re here to stay. The largely community-run nonprofits typically work alone in their respective communities, shouldering advocacy costs and fundraising initiatives as they work to secure land in marginalized communities. That land is used to ensure accessibility to affordable housing, civic spaces and community gardens.

The Atlantic: Could Baltimore's 16,000 Vacant Houses Shelter the City's Homeless?

For thousands of people without a stable place to live, perfectly intact but abandoned buildings could become home.

Philadelphia Inquirer: HUD Secretary Ben Carson helps open a North Philly high school

Protesters, concerned over proposed HUD cuts, gathered to call for more affordable housing and responsible development, as Secretary Ben Carson visited a North Philly high school. 

98.1 The Philadelphia Agenda: Women's Community Revitalization Project

Nora Lichtash, Executive Director and Staci Moore, Co-Chair, Board of Directors, talking about the Women's Community Revitalization Project, a leader in advocating for equitable, healthy community development as well as support for local women and their families. 

CBS Philly: Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For New Affordable Townhomes In Port Richmond

A groundbreaking was held Friday for new, affordable Port Richmond homes, all thanks to a team-effort between a church and revitalization project.

Al Día News: The hard data on gentrification and displacement in Philly

Last week, the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities (PCAC) released a policy report that contained some startling figures about displacement caused by gentrification in Philadelphia.