Day: November 27, 2007

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Why you should care about the inclusionary housing hearing on Wednesday

  By Housing, Philadelphia

This Wednesday, November 28th at 11:00am in Room 400 of City Hall, a critical hearing on Darrell Clarke’s deeply flawed Inclusionary Housing bill will be held. The Philadelphia Campaign for Housing Justice urges all progressives and community activists to attend the hearing To learn more about how Clarke’s bill differs from the bill drafted by the Philadelphia Campaign for Housing Justice (PCHJ), and why the PCHJ bill is superior to Clarke’s please visit our website. http://www.philahousingjustice.org. For a little broader view of the importance of Inclusionary Housing in the context of the growing problem of gentrification in Philadelphia, read on. (Note: I am a member of the Philadelphia Campaign for Housing Justice and the webmaster of our site. However, what follows is my own view and is probably not shared by every member of the PCHJ. In addition, while both SEIU Local 32BJ and SEIU Local 1199p have played a… Continue reading

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The citizen’s agenda: begetter of dreams

  By Philadelphia, Progressive Politics

I’ve probably attended more events held by the Great Expectations project than anyone other than the folks from the Inquirer and University of Pennsylvania’s Project on Civic Engagement who have been running it. I started by attending about 25 of the early events at which groups of citizens could come together to discuss their hopes and fears for the city and to put forward ideas to move the city forward. I’ve gone to other events since and recently took part in the forum for citizen leaders organized by the project. (I’ve blogged about my take on the new deal citizen leaders would like to create between the city and its neighborhoods, which is to create a relationship of no deals.) I’ve learned a great deal along the way. Many of the ideas I put forward during my campaign for city council and on my blog germinated or were shaped by… Continue reading