Built in the 1990s by Germantown Settlement, this housing complex at Collom and Lena Streets, photographed here in 2018, has been abandoned for years.Settlement is being transferred to the Philadelphia Housing Authority . The decision, which moved forward in City Council last week, is garnering mixed reactions from community members.
Specifics of the plan are not fully clear. According to PHA, it will absorb 116 units across 27 properties, and the process of transferring the land to its control could take up to six months. After redevelopment, PHA said it plans to manage them as rental properties, although that could change. Neighborhood advocates question why the housing authority should get the entire portfolio, rather than dividing the work with private and nonprofit entities like Habitat for Humanity that have expressed interest.
This situation has long been a source of grievance in neighborhoods, like Germantown, where the vacant homes still blight the area. “A lot of the time folks have a view of PHA that was shaped by decades-old history, not what PHA is currently doing,” Jeremiah said.
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