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Rowhomes at 34th and Spring Garden streets for sale or rent. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Kenyatta Moore, 48, a West Philadelphia native and a small landlord, owns two properties in Olney. But after ten years, he’s thinking of selling his properties in Philly and investing elsewhere.
He rents out one-bedroom apartments for $700, providing what the city would describe as “naturally occurring affordable housing.” Small landlords are the most common providers of this affordable housing that is not subsidized.
There isn’t a city-wide definition of what a small landlord is, but landlords that own one or two units make up 73% of all licensed city landlords.
May 27—Hailed as an "unprecedented" and "miraculous" act to battle homelessness, the federal government is awarding 863 housing vouchers to the Philadelphia Housing Authority by July 1, an allotment worth
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An artist s rendering of the Sala Keturah STEM Pavilion designed by Nyasha Felder and under construction at North Philly Peace Park. (Courtesy of North Philly Peace Park)
Last Saturday, I joined North Philly Peace Park staff, volunteers, and Sharswood community members generations of Black people, from infants to elders for the groundbreaking of the Sala Keturah STEM Pavilion.
The project a stunning fusion of Afrofuturist aesthetic and sustainable design will serve as the centerpiece of an ecocampus that will span a full block of the Sharswood neighborhood. The pavilion is part of a larger project to model Black self-determination through agriculture, design, education, wellness, and cooperative economics.
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Thanks to the presidential race, last year’s election saw historic voter turnout in Philadelphia, pandemic notwithstanding. History suggests that’s not the case in “off” years and primaries often see even lower numbers.
But stakes are high in the upcoming May 18 election, which features races that could have a resounding impact on the city and state criminal justice systems.
At the top of the Democratic ticket is the race for Philly’s next district attorney. Former homicide prosecutor Carlos Vega is challenging incumbent DA Larry Krasner. Because most Philadelphia voters are Democrats, whoever wins this primary is considered likely to win in November.
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The former home of artist Dox Thrash is in a state of disrepair at the corner of Cecil B. Moore Avenue and 24th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Maya Thomas began her work advocating to preserve the Dox Thrash House, named after the Black painter and draftsman that lived there, five years ago when she was studying historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas became enamored with the house, and the Black art scene that once thrived there, while she was living nearby and studying the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s renewal plan for the Sharswood area.
With two other grad students, Dana Rice and Chris Mulford, they created the Dox Thrash House Project to raise awareness and funds for saving the house at 2340 Cecil B. Moore Avenue and turning it into a hub for the arts.