Official:Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Point Breeze and Gray's Ferry Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Johnson
Introduced: March 27, 2014
Signed: June 19, 2014
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill creates two Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones in Point Breeze and Gray's Ferry as part of a larger initiative to build 1,500 new affordable housing units in Philadelphia.
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