The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority has posted a Request for Proposal for financial institutions to carry out the origination and servicing of loans as part of the Small Landlord Loan Program. View the RFP.
By CHRISTOPHER CHENEY JULY 11, 2018 for HealthLeaders
“Housing is increasingly considered as an essential element of health, and healthcare organizations could do more to improve housing with government incentives and financial support from Medicare and Medicaid.” read more here
Next City Inspiring Better Cities reports on “Connecting Health Data to other Data” using “….a new tool for policymakers, researchers, and civic leaders to explore these connections in one place, the City Health Dashboard. Launched by the Department of Population Health at NYU School of Medicine last week, the database presents an easy-to-navigate alternative to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Fact Finder that brings together city-level and neighborhood-level numbers related to not only health but also its upstream and downstream factors — such as employment, housing and chronic absenteeism from school.”
Author Alan Greenblatt speaks to Philadelphia citizens and government officials in “Caught in the Middle” to illustrate the need for the Home Preservation Loan Program and how it can help Middle Neighborhoods in the June 2018 GOVERNING The States and Localities
Author Alan Greenblatt speaks to Philadelphia citizens and government officials in “Caught in the Middle” to illustrate the need for the Home Preservation Loan Program and how it can help Middle Neighborhoods in the June 2018 GOVERNING The States and Localities
The Program Intermediary RFP can be found here. The RFP due date is May 25, 2018. An RFP information session will be held April 27th.
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Over 50 percent of premature deaths in the U.S. can be attributed to preventable non-medical factors, specifically behavioral, environmental, and social conditions. Life expectancy can vary as much as 25 years in communities only a few miles apart. Through its work in areas such as affordable housing, neighborhood quality, and safety, the community development field reduces the need for many high-cost health care interventions, improving the triple bottom line—better care for more people at a more efficient cost.
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The Philadelphia Tribune reported on the hearing for Ordinance 180150 introduced by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, Chair of the Committee on Legislative Oversight. “Patterns of racial disparities in the home mortgage and lending industries in Philadelphia continue to come under intense scrutiny as officials call for increased transparency and accountability.
“The system is broken,” Councilman Kenyatta Johnson said after listening to hours of testimony from panelists during a daylong hearing Thursday probing those disparities in home lending.” read more
Hestia Construction is featured in an article on Philly.com; the owner Rachel Street, and others donated time and materials and completed repairs valued at about $6,000 and preserved a home for a Philadelphia family. The family helped was planning on applying for the City of Philadelphia’s Home Preservation Loan Program. Read the article here.
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