Vacant Property | PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

Phila. Redevelopment Authority database and map of property holdings, coupled with a streamlined sales process – has been in the works for over a year. While the initiative represents administration’s most notable achievement to date in Philadelphia’s long-running fight against blight, new policy makes no mention of acquisition. Front Door is not a land bank and the Nutter administration remains non-committal on proposed legislation. Nor does Front Door address the problems created by privately-owned vacant lots or the epidemic of property tax delinquency, which are both huge contributors to the city’s blight crisis.

Catch PlanPhilly reporter Patrick Kerkstra on Radio Times Tuesday

Tune in at 10 a.m. to hear a discussion about tax delinquency and vacancy in light of the Kensington fire. Other guests include City of Philadelphia Managing Director Rich Negrin and Kensington community activist Christopher Sawyer.

Sheriff sales failing to round up promised bonanza of property tax deadbeats

In 2010, Mayor Nutter said Philadelphia would correct the decades-long problem fueled by thousands of scofflaws by auctioning off 600 delinquent properties a month. The city is far from reaching that goal.

DAG talks vacant property strategies with panel Thursday

Design Advocacy Group meeting promises to be a really interesting conversation about City Council’s land bank proposal and the Nutter administration’s “Front Door” strategy for dealing with vacant property disposition.

Schools threatened with closing reflect a timeline of historic architecture

Six of the nine schools appear on the National Register of Historic Places, and the others boast important academic and stylistic features.

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