Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow homeowners to build accessory dwelling units in places zoned for single-family housing without having to get special permission.
The home is near Clark Park and Baltimore Avenue.
The mayor's actions are meant to get around federal regulations that would delay demolition and impede redevelopment.
Villanova is the only community in the Philadelphia region with million-dollar entry-level homes. Since the pandemic, the number of these communities in the U.S. has tripled.
The house is in the Springfield School District and has five bedrooms.
Permits for 1,221 apartments have been obtained between City Hall and the southern border of Temple University in the last eight months.
A beloved cluster of almost 200-year-old rowhouses in the midst of a high-rise corner of Center City is being redeveloped and its tenants displaced.
The house sits on one acre, and the property also has two barns.
Amid a contentious debate over school closures and a bruising budget battle over public education funding, the abatement legislation was never introduced. But that doesn’t mean it’s dead, Parker says.
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency has launched a loan called Keystone — Due at Time of Expiration to help Pennsylvanians with down payments and closing costs.