Elizabeth Smart Shares Her Story, Advocates for Other Victims of Abuse
Elizabeth Smart, a well-known child safety activist, shared her story of survival with a local audience on Wednesday. Smart, who was abducted, raped and held captive for months when she was 14-years-old, spoke about why she continues to fight for kidnapped and abused victims. The event was organized by Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM), a non-profit…
Philadelphia has an affordable-housing crisis. Biden’s platform has a simple, but radical, solution.
Philadelphia has an affordable-housing crisis. Biden’s platform has a simple, but radical, solution. | Inga Saffron Posted: November 24, 2020 – 5:00 AM Inga Saffron | @IngaSaffron | isaffron@inquirer.com ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ / FILE PHOTOGRAPH The grid of tents that dotted the Parkway’s Van Colln ball field this summer and fall are gone, but the problem they so vividly represented is…
Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, PHA designate 240 affordable housing units to combat Philadelphia’s housing crisis
Rapid gentrification is transforming the landscape in Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican Communities. By Ericka Conant November 18, 2020 Philadelphia Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez (7th District) was joined by city agencies on Nov. 18, to announce the creation of 240 new affordable housing units in the South Kensington neighborhood of Norris Park in conjunction with the Philadelphia Housing…
Philadelphia Housing Authority vows to send 240 vacant properties to nonprofit developers
ByTaylor Allen November 18, 2020 PHA President and CEO Kelvin Jeremiah. (Brad Larrison for WHYY) The Philadelphia Housing Authority is transferring 240 properties located in increasingly desirable sections of North Philadelphia to nonprofit affordable housing developers. The proposal comes from an initiative led by North Philadelphia Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez and Ceiba, a nonprofit serving…
Implementan medidas para vivienda asequible para comunidades desventajadas
Implementan medidas para vivienda asequible para comunidades desventajadas Se trata de una iniciativa conjunta. Por TELEMUNDO 62 • Publicado el 19 de noviembre del 2020 • Actualizado a las 1:43 pm del 19 de noviembre del 2020 Advierten no viajar para el feriado Frustrados y ansiosos los dueños de negocios La Autoridad de Vivienda de Filadelfia (PHA) pondrá en efecto una iniciativa…
Philly’s housing agency taps nonprofits to build affordable housing on 240 city-owned lots
BROKE IN PHILLY Philly’s housing agency taps nonprofits to build affordable housing on 240 city-owned lots by Jacob Adelman, Posted: November 18, 2020 APM The Philadelphia Housing Authority is setting aside 240 vacant and abandoned properties in neighborhoods northeast of Center City for affordable-housing development, representing an unusually large cache of land to remain available for low-income…
Philadelphia Housing Authority commits 240 properties for affordable development
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 Philadelphia Housing Authority commits 240 properties for affordable development Initiative will focus on neighborhoods surrounding Fishtown, East Kensington, Northern Liberties BY MICHAEL TANENBAUM PhillyVoice Staff THOM CARROLL/FOR PHILLYVOICE Philadelphia Housing Authority will work with community non-profit organizations to develop roughly 240 vacant lots to ensure affordable housing in underserved neighborhoods. The Philadelphia Housing…
I Love Their Mission, John Quinones (11-9-2020)
‘I love their mission’: ABC News’ John Quiñones joins 50th anniversary roster for Philly’s APM by Ellen Gray, Posted: November 9, 2020- 12:13 PM ABC News correspondent John Quiñones will be dropping into Philly — virtually — on Tuesday for an event helping to mark the 50th anniversary of the social services organization Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM). As…