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Housing Capacity in Center City

Sep 2026

About 79 million sq ft of unused zoned capacity in Greater Center City’s high-rise districts, 66.5 million of it in the Core.

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Philadelphia Housing Production Fund

Aug 2026

A revolving construction loan fund to unlock permitted, shovel-ready homes that can’t get built — without new federal dollars.

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Pennsylvania Opportunity Zones 2027

May 2026

Where should Pennsylvania put its next Opportunity Zones? A statewide ranking ahead of the 2027 designations.

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Philadelphia Opportunity Zones, Ranked for the Next Round

Apr 2026

Ranking Philadelphia’s eligible census tracts by transit access, regional jobs access, and recent permit and business activity.

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Housing

Zoning, permitting, the Land Bank, tax policy, and state legislation.

12 reports
Housing · Tax PolicySep 2026

Examining Philadelphia’s Tax Abatement Tools

20-yearproposed office-to-residential conversion abatement

The fiscal case for Philadelphia’s proposed 20-year abatement for office-to-residential conversions.

Read the analysis Updated Sep 30, 2026
Housing · Tax PolicySep 2026

What Expiring Abatements Are Worth

2016–203610-year abatements expiring, actual through projected

How much property tax revenue is returning to the rolls as 10-year residential abatements expire.

Read the analysis Updated Sep 29, 2026
Housing · ZoningSep 2026

Housing Capacity in Center City

66.5Msq ft of unused zoned capacity in Core Center City

About 79 million sq ft of unused zoned capacity in Greater Center City’s high-rise districts, 66.5 million of it in the Core.

Read the memo
Housing · FinanceAug 2026

Philadelphia Housing Production Fund

2,930permitted homes stalled in 39 projects

A revolving construction loan fund to unlock permitted, shovel-ready homes that can’t get built — without new federal dollars.

Read the analysis Updated Sep 9, 2026
Housing · ZoningAug 2026

The MIN Overlay: A Parcel-Level Impact Analysis

19affordable units in four years of the overlay

The Mixed-Income Neighborhoods overlay deterred an estimated 1,000–1,400 housing units while producing 19 affordable ones.

Read the analysis Updated Aug 15, 2026
Housing · ZoningJun 2026

30,000 Homes: Strengthening Philadelphia’s TOC Bills

5transit-oriented zoning bills from Mayor Parker

Here’s what the five bills do, and how City Council can build on them.

Read the analysis Updated Jun 2, 2026
Housing · Opportunity ZonesMay 2026

Pennsylvania Opportunity Zones 2027

82 of 300Pennsylvania zones are in Philadelphia

Where should Pennsylvania put its next Opportunity Zones? A statewide ranking ahead of the 2027 designations.

Read the analysis Updated Jun 5, 2026
Housing · Land BankMay 2026

Who Turn the Key Actually Houses

1,048new homes at a $1,400 average mortgage

What the Land Bank’s Turn the Key program is delivering, and for whom.

Read the analysis Updated May 13, 2026
Housing · Opportunity ZonesApr 2026

Philadelphia Opportunity Zones, Ranked for the Next Round

82Opportunity Zones in Philadelphia today

Ranking Philadelphia’s eligible census tracts by transit access, regional jobs access, and recent permit and business activity.

Read the analysis Updated May 19, 2026
Housing · PermittingApr 2026

Old City Permitting Analysis

~58 daysmedian wait from filing to a zoning hearing

19 years of city data on how the Center City overlay affects restaurants and other businesses.

Read the analysis Updated Apr 28, 2026
Housing · Land BankMar 2026

Two Years, 30 Homes: The Civetta / Norris Square Timeline

2 yearsfrom first outreach to a Land Bank vote, still no deal

How a two-year bid to build 30 Turn the Key homes cleared the Land Bank board — and landed in bureaucratic purgatory.

Read the timeline Updated Mar 18, 2026
Housing · PermittingFeb 2026

North Delaware Commercial Overlay Study

97%of special-exception requests are approved anyway

The overlay makes restaurants seek a special exception even where base zoning already allows them.

Read the analysis Updated Feb 24, 2026

Transit

Fares, service, and the projects that connect the region.

1 report
Transit · With Transit Forward PhillySep 2026

Student Fares That Work

31,600students who can’t get a transit pass at all

Student passes stop working at 8 PM, on weekends, and all summer. A restructured SEPTA–School District deal can fix that.

Read the analysis Updated Sep 17, 2026

Energy

Generation, interconnection, and the permits that hold projects up.

1 report
Energy · GenerationMay 2026

Federal Tax Cliff Threatens Pennsylvania’s Energy Generation Pipeline

1,758 MWready to build, stuck on state and local permitting

91 PA generation projects have signed PJM interconnection agreements and are ready to build.

Read the analysis Updated May 2, 2026