Official:Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Allegheny Avenue, Roosevelt Blvd and Erie Avenue Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: March 27, 2014
Signed: December 11, 2014
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill creates affordable housing opportunity zones along Allegheny Avenue, Roosevelt Blvd, and Erie Avenue to help build 1,500 new affordable housing units in Philadelphia.
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