Tag Archives: Land Bank
PACDC Testifies Before City Council on New Funds for Corridors, Housing, Land Bank
PACDC testified in support of four transfer ordinances on November 12, 2019 that would significantly boost funding for commercial corridors, affordable housing, and the Philadelphia Land Bank. Read our testimony here. The ordinances were approved by City Council’s Appropriations Committee that afternoon and are expected to be approved on final passage on November 21st before […]
PACDC Testifies on Vacant Property Legislation
PACDC testified before City Council’s Committee on Public Property on Bill No. 190606 on October 1st 2019, which would make several important changes to the way the city deals with vacant property. It would eliminate the Vacant Property Review Committee (VPRC) to streamline the process for disposing of vacant property, create a scoring criteria that […]
PACDC testifies at Land Bank Public Hearing
PACDC’s Policy Director Beth McConnell testified before the Philadelphia Land Bank Board of Directors on its Draft 2019 Strategic Plan and Performance Report. PACDC called on the Land Bank and the Kenney Administration to make revised disposition and acquisition policies available for public comment, to consolidate the entire public inventory of vacant surplus property into […]