Here's what we're reading this week about the projects, people and policies driving local development:
WHYY: Pennsylvania posts historically strong state revenue collections
By Robert Brod, October 1, 2018
State revenues reached a new high for the first quarter of this fiscal year.
WHYY: Philadelphia aims to increase number of contracts awarded to minority-owned firms
By Tom MacDonald, October 1, 2018
The City of Philadelphia kicks of Minority Enterprise week, to boost minority participation in city contracting.
Plan Philly: Pew finds most poor Philly renters receive no public assistance
By Jake Blumgart, September 26, 2018
A key finding of Pew’s recent study on poverty in Philadelphia is the need for shallow rent subsidies for low-income tenants who are paying over 50% of their income in rent.
October 2, 2018
Inga Saffron to receive the Vincent Scully prize of the National Building Museum.
Plan Philly: City Council passes $71M housing bill
By Jake Blumgart, October 4, 2018
Package of affordable housing bills passes Council.