Regional Housing Legal Services attorneys have begun providing the legal services necessary to help community organizations set up Community Land Trusts with the goal of preserving housing affordability, while also…
Author: Nora Davenport
Welcome home! Neighborhood Revitalization in Sharswood.
This week in Philadelphia, the 224th and 225th families moved into their new homes at Oxford Green in the Sharswood/Blumberg neighborhood in North Philadelphia. RHLS's Senior Counsel Judy Berkman has…
Groundbreaking for the Cascia Center in St Rita’s Highlights the Need for Senior Housing in Philadelphia
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has just broken ground for a new construction project at Broad and Ellsworth in South Philadelphia. The site will be home to the Cascia Center, forty-six…
Grand Opening of the Stephen F. Gold Community Residences
Liberty Resources Development Corporation held the grand opening of the Stephen F. Gold Community Residences apartment building on July 29th. The residences are in the long-vacant lot at the corner of 52nd St. and Poplar St. in Philadelphia. They contain 24 one-bedroom apartments…
Inclusive Zoning Overlay- Pittsburgh, PA
Bob Damewood helped research and draft an Inclusive zoning (IZ) overlay zoning district that would require that new housing developments in one of Pittsburgh’s most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods (Lawrenceville) set…