In an April 2025 report on the housing plan, the Parker administration admits that, in light of declining federal investment ...

The administration wants to ramp up homebuilding on vacant land. Graduates of the Minority Developer Program are positioned to do the work.

Philadelphia City Council just approved Mayor Parker’s signature housing proposal. Here’s what you need to know The $2 billion plan — the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative — is rooted in ...

The top-ticket items were Mayor Cherelle Parker's Housing Opportunities Made Easy plan — a $2 billion effort that calls for building and preserving 30,000 units — and the increase of the city ...

Separately, the council also approved the sale of $800 million in bonds to fund Mayor Cherelle Parker's Housing Opportunities Made Easy, or HOME initiative.

The accompanying $800 million Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) initiative, which includes money to build and preserve 30,000 housing units, was also approved.

The mayor's Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative aims to build 13,500 homes and preserve 16,500 existing structures.

A sublease agreement involves adding a new tenant to the lease, which provides the original tenant a way to cover costs while ...

To earn voter trust, Illinois leaders must tackle the affordability crisis with bold ideas — from public groceries to broader investments in public infrastructure.