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City Hall Approves Plan to Grant Developers Tax Breaks for Building Affordable Housing Units

Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finance, Taxes and Collections,” to incentivize Affordable Housing development by authorizing tax exemptions pursuant to the Affordable Housing Unit Tax Exemption Act, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Council President Clarke

Introduced: December 15, 2022

: Committee on Rules

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill aims to incentivize Affordable Housing development in Philadelphia by offering tax exemptions for developers who build affordable housing units in certain designated areas.

What This Bill Does

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Amends Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code to authorize tax exemptions for developers who build affordable housing units in designated areas, specifically "Deteriorated Areas" of the city.
Specifies that these tax exemptions are to be granted under the Affordable Housing Unit Tax Exemption Act, which was passed on July 7, 2022.
Requires that the boundaries of these "Deteriorated Areas" be determined through a public hearing, as required by the Affordable Housing Unit Tax Exemption Act.
Imposes certain terms and conditions on the granting of these tax exemptions, although the specifics of these terms and conditions are not detailed in this summary.