Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to Seize More Than Two Dozen Properties Thanks to Eminent Domain
Plan to build affordable housing on the plot
CITY COUNCIL'S Rules Committee moved forward with a controversial plan Tuesday that would allow the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA) to take more than two dozen properties through eminent domain to build affordable housing in Point Breeze.
A month ago, that plan, sponsored by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson on behalf of the Nutter administration, included 43 properties, some of which private developers owned and planned to develop.
H/T Dan Pearson
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