Affordable Housing

Philadelphia rezoning bid would further stifle SRO development 

Single-room occupancy housing has made somewhat of a comeback among policymakers nationwide who’ve revived such dwellings as a low-cost safety net. Philadelphia officials, meanwhile, are weighing a zoning change that could threaten it locally instead. A proposed ordinance would ban “group living” in low-density residential areas within a district in northeast Philadelphia. The ordinance, filed […]