national web portal
Healthy Food Access
Creation of the nation's first comprehensive healthy food access retail portal.
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Equity analysis
President Obama's
2014 Budget
Assessment of impact of President's Budget on low- and moderate-income households and neighborhoods.
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ECONOMIC impact ANALYSIS
Collective Strength
Analysis of $3.3 billion impact of Philadelphia community development corporations.
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POLICY REPORT
Taking Care of Business
Report assesses Philadelphia’s small business climate and recommends nine actions to improve business formation and growth.
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POLICY EVALUATION
No Place Like Home
Evaluation details how Philadelphia’s foreclosure prevention model has worked, how it can be replicated in other cities, and how it can be improved.
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Vacant Land Management in Philadelphia
Analysis of the cost to the City of Philadelphia of its poor vacant land management system.
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POLICY REPORT
When Investors Buy Up the Neighborhood
Report discusses the effect on neighborhoods when investors buy up properties and provides dozens of strategies to avoid negative impacts.
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POLICY REPORT
Going Mod
Report explores whether modular construction can lower the cost of constructing workforce housing in Philadelphia.
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POLICY BRIEF
Making Equity and Inclusion Central to Federal Transportation
Brief explores the need to reform the nation’s transportation investment priorities.
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ONLINE INTERACTIVE TOOL
Reclaiming Foreclosed Properties for Community Benefit
Report provides a framework for developing a foreclosure recovery plan.
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ISSUE BRIEF
Effectively Preserving Philadelphia’s Workforce Housing Stock
Brief recommends ways in which the City of Philadelphia can cost-effectively weatherize and repair homes to end abandonment and stabilize neighborhoods.
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action plan
An Action Plan for
the Central Delaware
Plan details actions needed to redevelop the post-industrial Central Delaware Riverfront as an open, green, active and connected community.
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Desktop Guide
Community Revitalization
Guide shares a detailed three-step process for attracting private investment to older towns and cities to spur significant economic growth.
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Coalition report
Next Great City Philadelphia
An urban environmental agenda to make every Philadelphia neighborhood a better place to live and work.
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Policy report
Repairing Houses, Preserving Homes
Report explains why it is cost-effective for the city to make a substantial public investment to preserve its private, owner-occupied housing stock.
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technical Resource guide
From Liability to Viability
A technical resource guide explores the latest thinking, research and best practices on residential abandonment.
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Policy report
If We Fix It,
They Will Come
Report recommends actions to modernize Philadelphia's development review process and reform its zoning code.
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