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Calling for Public Hearings before the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to Examine the Roles of the Redevelopment Authority and Department of Public Property in Improving Housing in the City of Philadelphia.

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This adopted resolution calls for public hearings by City Council’s Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless. The hearings are intended to examine how the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and Department of Public Property handle property acquisitions, property sales or transfers, and condemnation in connection with improving housing and redeveloping blighted neighborhoods.

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Status
ADOPTED
Introduced
May 20, 2010
Sponsors
Jannie L. BlackwellBrian J. O'NeillCurtis Jones, Jr.William K. GreenleeBGBill GreenW. Wilson Goode, Jr.Marian B. TascoDRDonna Reed MillerJKJack KellyDarrell L. ClarkeFJFrank J. DiCiccoJFJames F. KenneyCSCouncilmember SanchezBlondell Reynolds BrownAnna Cibotti VernaJLJoan L. Krajewski
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WHEREAS

, The Redevelopment Authority and the Department of Public Property have the responsibility to work with the District Councilperson and Councilperson's-At-Large, to improve the City of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS

, It is vitally important to have a clear, transparent process to accomplish these ends; and

WHEREAS

, The Redevelopment Authority and the Department of Public Property are involved in the acquisition and disposition of properties in our City; and

WHEREAS

, The Redevelopment Authority has the responsibility for condemnation in aid of redeveloping blighted neighborhoods in our City; and

WHEREAS

, There is much confusion with regard to the role of the Redevelopment Authority and the Department of Public Property to accomplish these goals; now therefore, be it,

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,

That the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless Hold Public Hearings to Examine the Roles of the Redevelopment Authority and the Department of Public Property in Improving Housing in the City of Philadelphia.

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  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

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