Official:Amending Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Vacant and Surplus Property," by authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to take a mortgage in lieu of the purchase price for transfers of certain City-owned real estate for use by the purchaser as his/her principal residence; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: March 7, 2013
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill allows the Commissioner of Public Property and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to accept a mortgage instead of paying full price for certain City-owned properties if they are sold to buyers who will use them as their primary residence.
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