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PHA auction series wins award
Our contributor Christine Fisher won an award for her reporting on last year’s PHA vacant and surplus property auctions for PlanPhilly/Philadelphia Neighborhoods. Go Christine!
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Lots by the lot: What happened after the PHA vacant property auctions?
PHA made millions auctioning off hundreds of surplus properties last year, but what became of those properties? Did the deals close? Are buyers backing out, and what happens when they do? Christine Fisher checks in to find out.
Planning the Lower Schuylkill, Agassi funds reuse for charter school, PHA owes HUD $700k, Center City’s long-term strength tied to schools
Catholic school closure fallout, Philadelphia airport expansion fight, remembering architect Anne Tyng, PHA will not build on burial ground
Future for Liddonfield Homes site still uncertain
Since the Liddonfield Homes were demolished early last year, the future of the 32-acre site in Upper Holmesburg remains uncertain and contested.
Gates grant supports Great Schools Compact, PHA pays NYCHA, open government data projects honored, possible Wayne Junction historic district
PHA to auction individual vacant properties on December 7
On Wednesday, December 7, a second batch of vacant, surplus Philadelphia Housing Authority properties will be auctioned. This time it’s 100 individual properties, as opposed to bundled deals geared at developers.












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