Mayor Parker Floats Borrowing $800M For Housing, Eliminating Construction Tax
Mayor Cherelle Parker's $6.7M budget proposal includes borrowing $800M for her housing initiative and eliminating Philadelphia's construction impact tax.
Mayor Parker pushes to slash business taxes and spend millions on housing
Philadelphia would cut business tax rates every year and begin spending hundreds of millions of newly allocated dollars on housing and drug treatment programs under a proposed 2026 budget Mayor Cherelle Parker presented Thursday.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's 2026 budget includes tax cuts, preparations for 2026
Mayor Cherelle Parker is introducing her 2026 budget for the city of Philadelphia in a City Council session Thursday.
Mayor Cherelle Parker will propose cutting taxes and borrowing $800 million for housing in Philly’s next city budget
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker ’s proposal for the next city budget will include cutting Philadelphia’s business tax, spending $100 million more on a new drug recovery center in Holmesburg, and borrowing $800 million for a major housing initiative,
Mayor Cherelle Parker's budget proposal has good and bad news for real estate
The mayor's proposed budget includes $800 million for housing through two separate infusions of $400 million. It also calls for a few key changes to real estate taxes.
Philly Mayor Parker’s budget proposes city wage and business tax cuts
Mayor Cherelle Parker said it’s about balancing the city’s books during a time of financial uncertainty while offering some relief to businesses.
Mayor Parker proposes $6.77 billion budget for 2026, 5-year plan
Mayor Cherelle Parker is offering a nearly $7 billion budget as she proposes major investments in housing and pushes ahead with her plans to clean up Kensington.
What's in Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's 2026 budget?
The mayor spoke to a session of City Council at City Hall on Thursday and set the city's priorities for the 2026 fiscal year, which begins in July 2025.
What’s in Philly Mayor Parker’s second budget proposal for cleaning and greening
The plan includes expanding twice-weekly trash pickup to North Philly, fixing heating and air conditioning in libraries and adding planters to commercial corridors.
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Teacher salary increases a long-term priority for Philadelphia mayor in her education budget
Cherelle Parker’s biggest education budget proposal is to increase the school district’s share of property taxes in 2030. She ...
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Millions of dollars in drugs seized by police, homicides down in Kensington, Philadelphia leaders say
When she took office in January 2024, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made cleaning up the ... And we ain't going nowhere," Philadelphia Chief Public Safety Director Adam Geer said.
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Mayor Parker Sets 30-Day Deadline For More Details About Her Philadelphia Housing Plan
Details about Mayor Cherelle Parker’s plan to build and preserve ... She will start her new role as Philadelphia’s chief housing and urban development officer next month.
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Mayor Parker says tax reform and affordable housing are priorities in 2025
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker chats with executives such as Tad Brown, CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (left) and Tom Reid, chief legal officer and secretary of Comcast ...
Philadelphia mayor signs exec order to create, preserve 30K units
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker launched an initiative to create and preserve 30,000 housing units in the city. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is ready to put her money where her mouth is when ...
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Mayor Cherelle Parker appoints Angela Brooks to lead 30,000-unit Philadelphia housing initiative
Mayor Cherelle Parker on Wednesday announced the hiring of Angela D. Brooks as Philadelphia’s chief housing and development ... wants more efficiency and staff Philadelphia’s new L&I ...
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Mayor Parker launches Philly initiative to create and preserve 30,000 housing units
Editorial content is created independently of the project’s donors. Mayor Cherelle Parker (right) introduces Philadelphia’s new chief housing and urban development officer Angela D. Brooks ...
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Philly mayor launches H.O.M.E. Initiative targeting city's housing crisis
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker ... officials said in a statement. Parker named the city’s new Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer, Angela Brooks, to oversee this initiative.
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Planning director discusses Roundhouse, Greyhound station, housing push
Lawrence touted Parker’s hiring of a new chief housing and urban development officer, Angela Brooks, to spearhead the 30,000-unit plan. She comes from Chicago, where she worked for an affordable ...