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From YouTube: Committee on Rules 11-15-2021
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The Committee on Rules of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, November 15, 2021, at 10:00 AM to hear testimony on the following items:
210633 An Ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” by amending certain provisions of Chapter 14 500, entitled “Overlay Zoning Districts,” by creating the “/MIH, Mixed Income Neighborhoods Overlay District”; by revising certain provisions of Chapter 14 702, entitled “Floor Area, Height, an
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B
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Number
210633
amending
title
14
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
zoning
and
planning
by
amending
certain
provisions
of
chapter
14,
500
entitled
overlay
zoning
districts
by
creating
the
mih
mixed
income.
Neighborhoods
overlay
district
by
revising
certain
provisions
of
chapter
14,
702
entitled
floor
area
height
and
dwelling
unit
density
bonuses
and
by
making
related
changes
all
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
B
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
microsoft
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
person
before
the
clerk
caller
first
panel.
I
want
to
acknowledge
on
the
authors
of
the
bills,
councilwoman
jamie
gardiere
and
councilwoman
maria
keona
sanchez
for
remarks.
F
Since
day,
one
equitable
development
has
been
at
the
center
of
my
agenda
on
council
and
mandatory
inclusion.
Inclusionary
zoning
is
a
big
part
of
the
puzzle.
When
we
talk
about
equitable
development,
the
mixed
income
housing
bonus
that
already
exists
was
a
wonderful
start,
but
considering
the
breakneck
pace
of
development
and
the
pace
of
displacement
in
many
sections
of
philadelphia,
the
time
has
come
to
see
where
it
can
be
taken
even
further.
F
To
give
you
a
sense,
housing
prices
have
tripled
in
the
university
city
area
since
the
1970s.
In
the
last
two
decades
alone,
most
neighborhoods
east
of
52nd
street
have
seen
their
black
populations
cut.
In
half
nearly
half
of
our
district's
households
are
cost
burdened
and
70
of
rental
units
cost
more
than
750
per
month.
F
If
we
look
at
data
on
residential
development
just
in
the
third
district
alone,
if
we
look
at
all
the
permits
for
buildings
with
10
or
more
units
over
the
last
three
years,
that
comes
out
to
3
100
new
units
that
have
been
approved.
So
if
we
do
the
math,
if
our
bill
had
been
in
place
just
three
years
ago,
we'd
have
620
additional,
affordable
homes
in
our
district,
built
by
the
private
sector.
F
On
the
other
hand,
if
we
continue
to
do
nothing,
housing
prices
will
continue
to
go
up,
and
the
black
and
brown
people
who
are
the
backbone
of
this
city
will
continually
be
pushed
to
the
fringes.
I
also
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
tell
you
about
the
community
engagement
we've
been
doing
around
this
legislation.
F
Since
the
bill
was
introduced
in
june,
we've
engaged
over
800
third
district
residents.
We
participated
in
dozens
of
meetings
and
events
to
discuss
this
bill
with
neighbors.
We
attended
community
meetings
and
we
also
held
pop-ups
at
parks
and
on
commercial
corridors
tabling
at
play,
streets
and
rec
center
events
and
phone
banking.
We
reached
out
to
every
single
registered
community
organization
in
my
district
multiple
times,
even
those
whose
boundaries
weren't
proposed
to
be
within
the
overlay.
F
I
took
this
outreach
very
seriously
because
this
is
the
most
expansive
zoning
bill.
I've
ever
introduced
since
becoming
a
council
member,
I'm
proud
of
what
my
team
and
I
were
able
to
accomplish
in
spreading
the
word
and
soliciting
feedback
about
this
important
land
use
policy,
even
amidst
the
countless
day-to-day
demands
put
on
our
district
council
office.
I
truly
believe
our
outreach
on
this
bill
was
unprecedented
and
the
reason
we
did
all
that
is
because
of
the
ever
increasing
risk
of
displacement
that
our
low-income,
black
and
brown
communities
are
facing.
F
We
can't
just
sit
back
and
watch
our
housing
crisis
happen
to
us.
We,
as
policy
makers,
need
to
intervene
to
chart
a
different
course
to
try
whatever
we
can
to
alleviate
the
pressure
on
low-income
residents.
An
inclusionary
zoning
is
a
proven
mechanism
that
already
exists,
in
literally
hundreds
of
municipalities
across
the
nation
to
get
new
housing
at
significantly
below
market
rates
and
in
turn,
to
reserve
mixed
income
neighborhoods.
F
I
think
I
speak
for
both
councilmember
sanchez
and
myself
when
I
say
that
keeping
our
neighborhoods
affordable
for
the
individuals
and
families
who
lived
there
for
generations
is
our
number
one
priority.
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
witnesses
and
to
discussing
this
important
legislation
with
all
of
you.
Thank
you.
So
much.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
I'll,
be
brief,
because
I
think
my
council
colleague,
councilmember
gautier,
captured
the
spirit
above
by
which
we're
working.
I
wanted
to
thank
her
for
as
chair
of
the
housing
committee
for
understanding
that
mixed,
diverse
mixed
income
communities
don't
happen
by
themselves,
but
they
happen
because
of
aggressive
public
policy
stance.
I
want
to
thank
the
planning
commission,
the
bia,
the
community
stakeholders,
our
cdc's
and
others.
E
The
private
market
has
recognized
more
and
more
that
they
have
a
responsibility
to
help
create
the
affordable
housing
so
desperately
necessary
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
whether
it's
the
bia,
affordable
housing
committee,
the
developers
workshop,
everyone
understands
now
that
the
incentivized
housing
market
has
to
do
more,
and
they
have
come
up
with
many
creative
ideas,
which
will
also
become
part
of
our
tool
box
for
create
creating
affordable
housing.
You'll
hear
some
of
those
ideas
today.
E
E
This
pilot
will
be
measured
and,
with
other
toolboxes
will
be
adjusted
to
ensure
that
we
are
pro
development,
but
that
we
are
unapologetic
about
being
pro-development.
That
is
diverse
and
it
is
not
a
displacement
tool,
but
one
that
creates
opportunities
for
the
current
residents
living
in
the
neighborhood
similar
to
the
third
district.
E
The
city
did
not
have
an
opportunity
to
review
all
of
the
designations
of
opportunity
zones.
I
had
three
days
to
look
at
this,
and
so
we
want
to
be
very
intentional,
ensuring
that,
where
there's
incentives
already
on
land,
all
the
way
to
2050
that
we're
maximizing
those
incentives,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
cities
use
several
toolboxes,
mandatory
housing
other
tool
boxes
in
this
affordable
landscape
for
the
residents
of
kensington,
many
of
which
have
been
designated
and
are
covered
under
this
legislation.
E
They
believe
we've
broken
kezington
because
we're
going
to
gentrify
it
and
kick
people
out.
So
this
is
one
way
that
we
can
demonstrate
to
the
residents
of
keslington
that
the
development
and
the
recovery
of
kensington
is
not
only
for
new
folks,
but
for
also
the
residents
that
are
there.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
Who's
participated,
the
rcos
and
all
of
the
folks
who
have
participated
in
the
conversations
around
this,
and
I
look
forward
to
my
colleague
support.
E
I
look
forward
for
it
to
its
implementation,
as
we
sharpen
another
tool
box
in
our
quest
to
make
philadelphia
and
stop
being
the
most
segregated
city
in
the
country,
the
most
poverty
city
in
the
in
the
country,
but
one
where
equitable
development
happens,
because
we're
bold
in
our
thinking
and
our
willingness
to
help
those
most
in
need.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
J
Good
morning,
members
of
the
rules
committee-
I
am
paula
brumbello
burns,
director
of
legislation
for
the
philadelphia
city
planning
commission.
I
am
here
to
testify
on
bill
number
210633,
which
was
introduced
into
city
council
on
june
24th
2021
by
council
members,
gautier
johnson
and
quinonez
sanchez.
J
The
bill
proposes
a
new
overlay
district
that
covers
portions
of
the
third
and
seventh
council
districts
within
this
overlay.
Developments
which
contain
at
least
10
units
or
more
and
have
a
minimum
of
25
percent
of
the
total
square.
Footage
of
the
building
dedicated
to
residential
use
will
be
subject
to
a
mandatory
inclusionary
housing
requirement.
J
Affected
property
will
be
required
to
provide
affordable
dwelling
units.
The
developer
can
select
between
providing
20
percent
of
dwelling
units
is
affordable
or
10
percent
of
dwelling
units
affordable
along
with
the
payment
into
the
housing
trust
fund.
The
first
ten
percent
of
affordable
units
must
be
on
site.
J
The
developer
needs
to
provide
either
a
payment
to
the
philadelphia,
housing
trust
fund
or
the
additional
percentage
of
affordable
units
on
site
or
within
one
half
mile
of
the
on-site
units
for
the
second
10
percent
for
the
affordable
units,
rental
households,
earning
up
to
40
percent
of
the
area,
median
income
and
owner
occupied
households
earning
up
to
60
percent
of
the
area.
Median
income
monthly
housing
costs
should
not
exceed
30
percent
of
gross
income.
J
The
bill
proposes
the
filing
of
an
economic
opportunity
plan
before
zoning
permits
are
issued
to
demonstrate
efforts
for
representative
opportunities
and
a
diverse
workforce
for
any
project
to
offset
the
cost
of
mandatory
affordability
requirements.
The
overlay
provides
for
relaxed
dimensional
parking
and
youth
standards
larging,
largely
in
keeping
with
the
bonuses
currently
provided
as
a
part
of
the
mixed
income.
Housing
bonus.
J
B
K
Good
morning
my
name
is
rashida
phillips,
I'm
the
managing
attorney
of
housing
policy
at
community
legal
services
of
philadelphia.
We're
grateful
to
have
worked
with
city
council
for
several
decades
to
support
and
advocate
on
behalf
of
tenants
and
to
promote
safe,
affordable
housing.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
on
bill
210633
mixed
income
lake
district
legislation
introduced
by
council
members,
gautier
kenona
sanchez
and
johnson
in
philadelphia.
Your
zip
code
is
the
strongest
determinant
of
your
health
and
life
expectancy
where
children
born
in
neighborhoods.
K
K
Research
has
consistently
shown
that
children
living
in
mixed
income
neighborhoods
have
brighter
futures
and
are
better
able
to
successfully
break
cycles
of
poverty
in
their
families.
Unfortunately,
most
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
as
well
as
most
government-supported.
Affordable
housing
is
in
low-income
neighborhoods
that
don't
have
the
benefits
and
amenities
of
their
higher
income
or
higher
opportunity,
neighbors,
some
of
which
may
be
in
the
same
or
a
neighboring
zip
code.
Mixed
income
housing
policies
are
one
of
the
few
proven
to
create
lower-cost
housing
in
higher
opportunity.
Neighborhoods.
K
These
policies
can
ensure
that
long-term
residents
who
are
dedicated
to
their
neighborhood
and
their
community
are
able
to
stay
in
their
communities,
even
as
rapid
development
occurs
and
takes
advantage
of
their
communities
growth.
It
means
that
young
families
are
able
to
remain
in
communities
they
have
grown
up
in
and
want
to
stay
in
or
return
to
to
be
close
to
family
members
and
jobs.
K
In
a
city
like
ours,
with
growing
housing
demands
at
all
income
levels
and
a
significant
decline
in
the
availability
of
federal
subsidies
for
publicly
funded
housing.
We
have
to
leverage
all
available
resources.
Mixed
income.
Housing
serves
as
a
form
of
value
exchange
between
the
city
and
developers
who
are
able
to
produce
housing
that
aligns
with
community
interests
and
needs
and
contribute
to
the
demand
for
reasonably
priced
homes.
K
But
in
its
current
form,
this
legislation
has
the
potential
to
significantly
expand
housing
opportunities
for
philadelphians
and
help
to
create
integrated
neighborhoods,
with
improved
health
and
quality
of
life
between
and
across
generations,
making
possible
a
more
equitable
inclusive
future
in
philadelphia
and
fostering
these
equitable
outcomes.
The
legislation
could
mean
that
a
person's
racial
identity
and
income
level
does
not
have
to
determine
their
life
opportunities
and
results,
such
as
access
to
a
safe
home
and
amenity
rich
neighborhoods.
K
The
legislation
is
practical,
simple
to
administer,
sustainable
and
balances,
the
needs
of
developers,
housing
providers,
the
individuals
and
families
who
will
access,
affordable,
quality
housing
and
the
communities
they
will
all
live,
work
play,
grow
and
thrive
in.
For
these
reasons,
cls
strongly
urges
to
favorably
vote
this
bill
out
of
committee.
We
look
forward
to
continue
to
work
with
city
council,
housing
advocates
developers
and
community
members
to
continue
to
support
and
develop
these
policies.
Thank
you
very
much.
L
Good
morning
my
name
is
javarion
baldwin.
I'm
professor
at
trinity,
college
and
founding
director
of
the
smart
cities
lab.
Thank
you
so
much
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
for
you
speak
to
this
at
this
morning.
So
we
can
all
agree
that
cities
are
back
in
a
very
big
way.
Even
during
the
pandemic.
We
see
building
cranes
everywhere,
but
this
new
era
of
urban
revitalization
has
not
benefited
all
of
our
city's
residents,
equitably
as
land
values,
rise
and
financial
portfolios
bulge.
L
This
raises
the
housing
rates
and
other
costs
of
far
above
the
means
of
existing
residents,
who
survive
our
minimum
wages
and
or
fixed
incomes,
and
as
the
titans
turned
the
shiny,
new
loft
departments
are
not
for
them.
The
luxury
amenities
are
out
of
their
reach,
and
long-time
residents
just
count
down
the
time
until
they
are
told
that
the
place
that
they
have
called
home
for
generations
will
no
longer
be
their
neighborhood.
L
We
can
see
this
very
sudden
unfold
with
the
controversy
around
the
university
city
townhouses,
and
this
is
not
just
a
philadelphia
story
at
the
smart
cities
lab.
We
research
and
consult
on
best
practices
for
building
equitable
urban
communities
and
the
philadelphia
story
is
a
reflection
of
nationwide
trends
in
every
neighborhood,
where
I've
traveled
residents
all
say.
We
want
development,
we
want
it,
but
we
want
to
remain
to
be
able
to
enjoy
it
and
the
only
way
to
raise
land
values,
while
maintaining
affordability
is
through
strong,
sustainable
public
policy.
L
The
general
affordable
housing
overlay
here
is
essential
for
community
sustainability,
but
most
important
the
option
of
60
or
less
area
meeting
income
to
measure
affordability
is
a
game
changer.
We
know
that
the
typical
standard
of
80
regional
ami
means
that
most
affordable
housing
is
hardly
affordable,
and
we
also
know
that
areas
currently
targeted
for
revitalization
do
not
simply
reflect
the
natural
laws
of
the
market,
but
result
from
a
history
of
many
times
racially
unjust
public
policy,
for
example.
L
The
quadripartite
commission
that
formed
in
the
1960s
agreed
to
develop
scattered
site,
affordable
housing
throughout
what
became
university
city,
but
that
promise
was
broken.
This
too
is
a
national
story,
and
all
of
today's
investors
and
stakeholders
must
account
for
how
current
investment
values
that
are
rising
are
built
on
a
history
of
racial
inequity.
L
We
cannot
change
this
past,
but
we
can
alter
the
course
of
the
future.
Bill
number
21063
begins
the
process
of
repair
by
accounting
for
a
history
of
inequity
to
create
a
new
vision
of
equitable
planning.
Let
philadelphia
serve
as
a
beacon
to
the
nation
by
building
out
a
vision
of
urban
revitalization
where
development
can
happen.
Yes,
and
still
a
cross
section
of
the
city's
residence
can
remain
to
enjoy
its
benefits.
D
D
K
Yeah,
so
I
don't
have
the
data
in
front
of
me
for
the
specific
areas,
but
I
can
certainly
get
that
for
you,
but
as
the
council
member
talked
about
in
the
beginning
of
of
the
hearing,
we
are
seeing
a
raise
in
the
rents,
a
rise
in
rents
in
terms
of
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
such
that,
where
a
few
years
ago,
an
average
rent,
for
you
know
one
or
two
bedroom
home
was
about
750
a
month.
We're
now
seeing
that
those
prices
are
an
average
of
about
1250
a
month.
K
So
just
in
a
few
short
years,
rents
have
raised
to
about
over
500
right,
so
we're
that
that
sort
of
trend
is
happening
around
the
city,
and
I
can
certainly
get
some
data
for
you
all
and
and
send
that
to
you
around
the
most
recent
census
data,
as
you
suggested.
Okay.
That
will
be
helpful.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you,
mr
chair.
K
B
B
C
Our
congregation
has
been
a
staple
in
this
community
since
its
existence,
some
of
the
members
of
our
congregation
have
relocated
to
other
communities,
some
by
choice,
but
others
because
they
couldn't
afford
the
tax
increases.
Others
moved
out
by
other
effects
of
gentrification
now
their
children,
many
of
whom
would
love
to
return
to
the
places
where
they
once
called
home,
are
unable
to
because
of
the
way
gentrification
has
made
their
properties
made
properties
unattainable.
C
No
one
is
arguing
against
progress.
Clearly,
some
of
the
development
that's
taken
place
has
enhanced
the
neighborhoods
and
made
them
more
appealing.
What
we're
concerned
about
is
balance
finding
ways
that
development
and
opportunities
for
residents
in
the
neighborhoods
are
allow
for
a
blending
of
people
from
a
variety
of
socioeconomic
backgrounds.
We
need
legislation
that
encourages
that
kind
of
balance,
and
I
believe
that
this
mixed
income,
neighborhoods
overlay
bill,
is
a
critical
step
first
step
in
helping
to
foster
that
kind
of
balance
intentionally
creating
mixed
income.
C
C
The
more
we
can
do,
this,
the
more
we
can
instill
in
residents
a
sense
of
their
own
agency
and
power.
On
another
note,
it's
it's
quiet,
as
it's
kept
homeless,
is
still
a
problem
in
philadelphia
and
even
in
gentrifying
areas
and
neighborhoods
like
this.
If
we're
really
committed
to
housing
security
and
making
sure
that
homelessness
is
diminished,
we
need
developers
to
invest
in
a
stock
of
housing,
that's
available
to
people
on
the
lower
end
of
the
socioeconomic
spectrum.
That
is
part
of
neighborhoods
that
are
mixed
in
income.
C
Otherwise
we
end
up
creating
a
city
divided
with
stable
neighborhoods
for
some
and
folks
that
are
less
financially
stable,
moving
from
place
to
place,
and
we
can't
continue
to
kick
that
can
down
the
road.
Why
should
some
be
able
to
enjoy
community
amenities
and
others
be
denied
them,
even
though
they're
for
parents
who
were
perfectly
positioned
to
enjoy
them?
C
I
recognize
this
is
merely
a
first
step,
but
I
think
it's
a
critical
step-
and
hopefully
we'll
begin
to
use
this
to
exemplify
the
realization
of
that's
needed
in
this
city,
that
residents
have
the
power
to
recreate
a
city,
that's
characterized
by
real
brotherly
love
and
honest
sisterly
affection.
So
I
stand
in
support
mr
chair
of
bill
number
210633.
B
D
B
D
B
D
D
D
D
I
heard
that
from
one
developer,
but
I'm
going
to
quote
him
on
that.
I
will
call
him
up
to
find
out
more
about
that,
because
I
it
to
mix
people
together
is
a
good
thing
and
I
believe
there
they
shouldn't,
be
moved
out
and
I
believe
there
should
be
affordable
houses
for
people
that
can't
afford
twelve
hundred
dollars
a
month,
rent
kind
of
high,
but
I'm
for
the
bill.
B
B
D
B
B
B
I
I
I
I
do
not
over
dramatize
when
I
say
that
for
young
black
people
in
philadelphia,
the
guns
and
violence
in
this
city
are
in
great
part
due
to
dreams
crushed.
I
need
you
to
see
gentrification
that
way.
The
taking
over
of
our
neighborhoods
by
young
white
and
affluent
college
students
and
millennials
looks
and
feels
like
the
flame
of
the
candle,
which
light
any
dreams
of
hope
being
snuffed
out.
I
I
B
H
N
President
of
neop
greater
philadelphia,
as
well
as
the
co-chair
presently
of
the
government
affairs
committee.
Naop,
is
a
501c6
organization
that
represents
the
commercial
real
estate
development
community
in
philadelphia,
and
we
are
also
a
founding
member
of
the
philadelphia
real
estate
alliance.
Thank
you
to
chairman
johnson
and
the
rest
of
the
committee
for
permitting
us
to
provide
testimony
on
bill.
210633.
N
The
member
membership
of
nap
understands
that
affordable
housing
is
an
important
issue
in
the
city
that
the
public
and
business
communities
collectively
need
to
address
with
a
comprehensive
and
holistic
solution.
The
proposed
bill,
which
utilizes
zoning
to
dictate
social
policy
in
two
targeted
districts,
falls
short
of
what
we
would
deem
a
holistic
approach.
The
proposed
bill
will
likely
have
the
unintended
consequences
actually
of
limiting
additional,
affordable
housing
and
could
also
result
in
foreign
job
creation
and
lost
economic
growth.
N
Nap
is
highly
supportive
of
equitable
inclusive
economic
growth.
The
city
of
philadelphia
cannot
take
for
granted
at
the
growth
in
real
estate
in
other
industries
that
we've
realized
over
the
last
20
plus
years.
That
has
brought
more
people
to
the
city,
created
more
jobs,
increased
tax
revenues
and
brought
opportunities
to
every
corner
of
the
region.
N
Sustained
growth
has
provided
philadelphia
with
resources
to
address
many
of
its
intractable
historical
problems
and
has
helped
those
who
have
lived
in
underserved
communities.
This
growth
has
also
led
to
substantial
new
tax
revenue
for
the
city
as
an
industry.
The
commercial
real
estate
community
relies
on
predictability
of
land
use
and
therefore
cannot
support
district
by
district
mandates
that
do
not
include
a
public
process.
N
Zoning
is
meant
to
be
a
guide
in
a
thoughtful
and
balanced
way
is
meant
to
guide
in
a
thought
and
balanced
way.
The
path
to
development
and
growth,
while
considering
the
social
policy
objectives
of
the
city,
which
are
extremely
important.
A
holistic
zoning
policy
can
absolutely
achieve
the
objectives
of
growth
as
well
as
equity.
N
Zoning
needs
certainty
and
should
only
be
altered
or
modified
with
a
thorough,
deliberative
and
robust
process
involving
input
from
all
parties.
Public
private,
as
well
as
community
philadelphia,
is
a
city
with
a
high
poverty
rate,
which
we
must
acknowledge.
High
construction
costs,
which
are
also
important
when
we
think
about
the
development,
landscape
and
low
rents
when
compared
to
other
cities,
with
the
combination
of
these
factors,
government
policy
alone
will
not
correct
the
affordable
housing
shortage
in
philadelphia.
N
Naom
understands
that
the
council
members
want
to
do
something
in
their
districts
to
make
housing
more
affordable.
Unfortunately,
though,
the
proposed
legislation
as
it's
currently
drafted,
could
have
the
opposite
effect
by
restricting
the
amount
of
affordable
housing
developed
in
the
proposed
districts.
N
Even
with
these
subsidies,
affordable
housing
is
challenging
to
finance
and
construct,
even
more
so
now.
In
light
of
the
phasing
out
of
the
10-year
tax
abatement
and
the
high
inflation
environment
that
the
united
states
finds
itself
in
with
the
added
additional
requirements
of
the
proposed
bill,
these
districts
will
not
attract
the
necessary
support
and
capital
investment
and
from
the
investment
and
lending
communities.
Excuse
me
for
new
projects
resulting
in
even
less
affordable
housing.
N
N
In
this
way,
we
can
develop
a
holistic
and
comprehensive
plan
that
connects
revenues
derived
through
the
new
construction
tax
to
directly
support
new,
affordable
housing
development,
create
affordable
housing,
utilize,
the
untapped
land
resources
in
the
land
bank
and
find
additional
opportunities
to
ensure
housing.
Affordability
is
achieved
without
such
a
functioning
city-wide
approach.
N
Earnest
attempts
to
address
housing,
affordability
at
a
district
by
district
level
are
incomplete
and,
unfortunately,
insufficient
nap
and
the
philadelphia
real
estate
alliance
sincerely
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution
to
balance
to
the
balance
of
equitable
growth
and
affordable
housing,
and
we
would
like
to
work
together
with
you.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
B
O
Sir
well
good
morning,
I'm
ben
connors
president,
ceo
of
the
general
building
contractors
association
gbca,
is
one
of
the
nation's
oldest
and
largest
commercial
contractor
associations
with
a
membership
of
over
300
commercial,
industrial,
institutional,
general
contractors,
subcontractors,
materials
suppliers
and
construction
service
firms
throughout
the
greater
philadelphia
region.
We'd
like
to
thank
the
chairman,
chairman
johnson,
and
all
the
committee
members
for
allowing
us
to
testify
today
on
bill
number
210663,
affordable
housing
is
a
vital
issue
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
O
O
While
we
took
issue
with
how
it
was
funded,
gvca
did
support
the
concept
of
neighborhood
preservation
initiatives
in
part
because
it
took
steps
to
address
this
issue
for
the
city
as
a
whole,
including
imposing
inclusionary.
Zoning
of
multi-family
construction
into
councilmanic
district
is
not
a
comprehensive
plan
and
may
in
fact
result
in
a
decrease
in
affordable
housing
units.
O
Most
of
the
projects
currently
underway
were
in
the
pipeline
prior
to
the
start
of
pandemic.
The
uncertainty
only
serves
to
divert
new
projects
from
entering
that
pipeline,
thereby
slowing
the
future
growth
in
our
city
in
recent
years.
Philadelphia
has
significantly
increased
regulatory
imposed
costs
on
construction
at
a
pace
that
has
been
a
counterweight
to
growth
and
has
contributed
to
philadelphia's
lagging
behind
other
peer
cities.
O
These
cost
increases
and
burdensome
regulations
also
further
incentivize,
some
building
some
to
build
illegally
without
city
oversight,
taxes
permits
and
fees,
thereby
creating
new
safety
and
enforcement
challenges
and
costs
that
did
not
previously
exist.
Philadelphia
has
dramatically
less
construction
activity
than
other
pure
cities
and
suffers
greatly
as
a
result.
With
more
construction,
we
will
see
more
opportunities
for
small
local
businesses,
which
will
lead
to
more
poverty,
reducing
job
opportunities
with
more
construction.
We
would
encourage
more
population
growth,
giving
us
giving
residents
help
to
lift
the
city
through
tax
revenue
to
provide
fire.
O
The
higher
funding
levels
need
for
schools
and
eroding
infrastructure
with
more
construction
activity.
Our
existing
housing
market
would
be
forced
to
turn
affordable
using
affordable
units
into
those
that
pay
market
or
wouldn't
be
forced
to
turn
affordable
units
into
those
that
would
pay
market
rate,
but
instead
they'll
do
affordable
housing
housing
units.
O
In
order
to
have
more
construction
activity
in
philadelphia.
We
need
the
right
conditions
for
growth.
We
request
that
city
council
rethink
imposing
a
piecemeal
restriction
on
develop
and
instead
ask
that
you
work
with
gvca
and
the
philadelphia
real
estate
alliance
to
come
up
with
solutions
that
encourage
construction
activity
while
addressing
the
needs
of
the
city.
This
city
needs
private
development
to
produce
the
housing
that
current
and
new
residents
want
and
to
create
the
jobs
and
tax
revenue
that
are
so
badly
needed
to
effectively
run
the
city
mandating.
What
can
or
cannot
be
built.
O
An
entire
councilman
district
will
have
adverse
consequences
not
just
on
those
in
the
district,
but
on
the
conditions
for
growth
in
our
entire
city.
Gbca's
member
employee
members
employ
over
tens
of
thousands
of
workers
in
the
philadelphia
region,
fair,
fair
family,
sustaining
living
wages,
wages
to
our
union
workforce
and
consequently,
also
pay
millions
of
dollars
in
taxes
for
over
130
years.
O
Our
membership
has
helped
to
build
this
city,
and
we
want
to
see
it
succeed,
but
creating
an
inclusionary
zoning
mandate
will
drive
away
investment
and
thousands
of
jobs
that
have
a
choice
of
whether,
where
they
will
ultimately
land,
we
want
them
to
land
here
in
philadelphia.
Thanks
for
your
time
and
consideration.
P
B
M
M
However,
the
scope
of
this
builds
of
this
bill
means
that
20
of
the
city
will
have
dramatically
different
rules
for
multi-family
construction
than
the
rest
of
the
city
and
preclude
private
sector
developers
from
helping
council
achieve
its
goals
for
equity,
as
currently
proposed.
The
bill's
inclusionary
zoning
rules
will
grind
all
such
construction
to
a
halt
in
those
districts
driving
many
millions
of
dollars
in
investment
and
thousands
of
jobs
away.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
this
way.
Every
thriving
city
needs
a
mix
of
affordable
and
market
rates.
M
Most
market
rate
developers
cannot
overcome
the
high
cost
of
construction
in
philadelphia
would
allow
them
to
include
affordable
units
in
their
projects.
The
idea
of
trading,
more
density
for
more
affordability
has
always
made
sense
and
the
mixed
income
housing
bonuses
would
have
worked
sufficiently,
but
for
the
recent
changes,
the
bia
proposed
amendments
based
on
careful
analysis
that
would
have
incentivized
and
prioritized
the
delivery
of
affordable
units
on
the
site
on
site
over
payments
into
the
housing
trust
fund.
These
bonuses
were
a
key
component
of
overcoming
that
of
his
high
construction
costs
in
neighborhoods.
M
That
would
not
otherwise
see
investment.
Instead,
council
chose
to
effectively
gut
the
program.
We
have
demonstrated
repeatedly
that
the
bia
supports
strategies
to
increase
number
of
affordable
units
being
built
by
the
private
sector,
but
the
math
must
work.
The
bia
provided
council
detailed
development
models
to
inform
and
guide
this
legislation,
but
by
decreasing
the
incentives
and
increasing
the
requirements
as
in
bill
number
210633
very
few
affordable
units
will
be
built.
The
trust
fund
will
not
get
the
funded
needs
and
city
hall
will
be
sending
a
clear
signal
to
the
real
estate
community
to
invest
elsewhere.
M
If
the
goal
is
to
force
the
private
market
to
take
part
in
equity,
this
policy
will
not
achieve
that.
You
can't
mandate
anyone
to
build
in
philadelphia
and
soon,
maybe
no
one
will
council
member
gatier
mentioned
today.
With
that
3200
permits
have
been
issued,
then
640
units
would
have
been
built
in
reality.
If,
based
on
this
legislation,
only
20
of
these
3200
unit
jobs
would
have
been
developed
to
begin
with,
resulting
in
maybe
a
hundred
units
of
affordable
housing
that
would
have
been
created.
Councilwoman
kenyatta
says,
mentioned
land
prices.
M
We
have
proven
that
twenty
percent
I
see
at
forty
percent
ami
at
zero
land
cost,
do
not
work
in
the
neighborhoods
that
have
modest
rents
and
high
construction
costs
that
require
affordable
housing.
The
most
another
critical
issue.
Besides,
the
mat
is
the
50-year
deed
restriction.
We
understand
why
the
sponsors
are
critical
of
shorter
restrictions,
but
the
fact
remains
that
banks
are
overwhelmingly
unwilling
to
underwrite
projects
with
such
a
long
restriction,
and
we
suggested
20
years
as
an
alternative.
M
The
language
as
currency
proposed
will
preclude
the
private
sector
from
providing
the
affordable
units
on
site,
and
so
no
new
units
will
be
cleaned.
The
bia
encourages
city
council
to
review
the
data
we
provided
with
an
independent
and
objective
party.
We
are
confident
that
such
analysis
will
demonstrate
what
balance
of
requirements
and
incentives
will
work
in
the
context
of
the
reduced
bonuses,
decreased
tax
abatement,
new
construction
tax
and
impending
inflation.
We
also
invite
city
council
to
look
carefully
at
the
bias
blueprint
for
affordable
housing.
M
It
is
frustrating
that
this
dramatic
legislation
is
ostensibly
proposed
in
the
name
of
affordable
housing,
but
the
city
continues
to
exponder
its
best
opportunities
to
generate
significant
quantities
of
affordable
housing
for
its
residents.
In
the
third
councilmanic
district,
there
are
647
public-owned
parcels
that
that
could
be
used
to
house
those
in
need
and
1142
in
the
7th
district.
M
M
You
have
the
land.
The
development
community
knows
how
to
build
what
you
want
and
we
supported
the
neighborhood
preservation
initiative
to
reach
lower
amis.
Imagine
how
many
affordable
units
could
be
built
on
these
1700s
parcels
in
both
these
districts.
What
are
we
waiting
for?
The
bia
has
provided
concrete
suggestions
on
how
this
bill
can
work
better
willingly,
participating
in
discussions
and
clearly
supporting
solutions
that
would
work
for
all,
but
as
currently
written
bill
number
210663
does
not
work
for
aim
and
will
not
provide
housing
relief
to
the
residents.
M
You
intend
to
help
once
again
proposed
legislation
stands
to
punish
the
development
community
for
the
shortfalls
of
its
affordable
housing
policies.
This
legislation
will
drive
up
rents
by
twenty
to
thirty
percent
of
market
rate
homes
that
cannot
be
sustained
in
philadelphia's
neighborhoods.
This
bill
will
depress
housing
supply
and
thereby
drive
drive
up
rents.
These
overlays
will
become
development
deserts.
M
We
strongly
oppose
this
bill
in
its
current
form
and
ask
that
this
legislation
be
held
so
that
we
can
work
for
further
with
sponsors
to
find
the
right
numbers
and
draft
amendments
that
will
achieve
council's
goals.
Together,
we
can
find
a
solution.
Please
let
us
take
a
step
back
and
work
together.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
Q
Q
The
data
shows
that
40
or
over
500
000
philadelphians,
cannot
afford
their
monthly
rent
or
mortgage
it's
past
time
to
find
an
array
of
strategies
to
help
repair
the
harm.
There
are
now
numerous
studies
showing
that
mixed
income
neighborhoods
create
long-term
positive
opportunities
and
impacts
for
residents.
I
included
a
link
to
that
in
my
written
testimony.
A
mixed
income
neighborhood
overlay
district
is
one
very
important
tool
to
build
more
equitable
neighborhoods
pacdc
speaking
on
behalf
of
more
than
60
member
community
development
organizations
strongly
supports
the
implementation
of
mixed
income,
neighborhood
neighborhoods
overlay
districts.
Q
We
do
understand
that
there
are
concerns
from
some
since,
since
a
mandatory
inclusionary
housing
policy
has
yet
to
be
tried
in
philadelphia.
However,
such
policies
are
in
use
in
more
than
700
jurisdictions
around
the
united
states,
including
in
new
jersey,
massachusetts
and
california,
with
some
quote:
unquote:
modest,
but
real
impact
on
the
overall
number
of
affordable
units.
According
to
studies,
and
I
also
have
a
link
to
that-
our
support
for
this
bill
comes
after
years
of
experience,
with
attempts
at
incentivizing
mixed
income
developments
on
a
voluntary
basis
which
have
been
insufficient.
Q
Q
While
this
policy
has
resulted
in
resources
to
expand
and
preserve,
affordable
housing
opportunities
in
other
neighborhoods,
it
has
not
resulted
in
affordable
house
units
being
built
on
site
in
market
rate
developments
in
stronger
real
estate
markets
and
changing
neighborhoods.
Only
a
mandatory
approach
will
achieve
that.
Q
We
agree
that
there
will
be
need
to
be
adjustments
made
to
this
policy
over
time
as
market
conditions
change,
but
without
an
initial
step
nothing
will
happen.
We
believe
that
the
proposal
for
setting
a
40
ami
limit
for
affordable
rents
and
60
ami
limit
for
affordable
sales
in
projects
of
10
units
or
more
makes
sense.
We
support
density
bonuses
and
other
incentives
as
important
offsets
to
make
mixed
income
projects
financially
feasible.
At
these
affordability
levels,
10
units
seems
to
be
a
good
trigger,
as
smaller
projects
won't
be
affected.
Q
Finally,
since
many
of
our
member
cdcs
are
experienced
developers
of
affordable
housing,
we
think
there
are
opportunities
for
market
rate
developers
to
partner
with
them
to
support
marketing
and
income
certification
for
qualified
occupants
upon
initial
lease
up
for
sale,
as
well
as
upon
resale
or
rent
re-rental
of
affordable
units.
It
will
also
be
important
to
invest
in
the
necessary
infrastructure
to
ensure
effective
compliance
with
affordability
requirements
on
an
ongoing
basis,
and
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
support
and
testify
in
support
of
bill.
210633.
B
R
My
name
is
ryan
spack.
Thank
you
to
this
entire
committee,
chairperson
johnson,
and
to
my
council
person,
jamie
gaudier,
for
allowing
me
the
opportunity
to
testify
this
morning
again.
My
name
is
ryan
spack.
I
am
one
of
the
principal
partners
at
spat
group,
a
company,
my
mom
marcia,
and
I
formed
11
years
ago
in
a
west
philadelphia,
neighborhood
called
cedar
park
as
a
local
small
business
in
west
philly,
whose
product
is
rental
housing.
Spat
group
heard
the
voices
of
our
neighbors
regarding
inequity,
displacement
and
involvement.
R
R
What
makes
our
developments
work
without
direct
subsidy
is
a
creative
mix
of
well-priced
land
density,
tax
abatement,
private
investment,
favorable
financing
and
predictable
and
properly
managed
construction
costs.
In
the
same
time,
this
fat
group
has
successfully
implemented
its
voluntary
inclusionary
housing
model.
R
Last
week
I
was
honored
when
the
principal
architects
of
bill
21063
asked
me
to
review
their
legislation
and
run
models
to
find
where
we
could
all
find
success
in
building
more
equitable
and
affordable
options
into
the
real
estate
developments
happening
in
our
neighborhoods.
As
I
understand
it
is
the
goal
of
this
iz
legislation
to
have
private
development
build
affordable
options
into
their
developments.
R
Ami
spak
route
would
have
to
charge
two
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
for
a
two
bedroom
apartment
in
cedar
park
to
be
able
to
meet
all
development
requirements
and
afford
the
mandatory
inclusionary
legislation.
This
price
point
is
500
more
than
we
have
ever
achieved
in
my
10
years.
Building
and
managing
rentals
in
cedar
park,
the
market
will
reject
these
prices
and,
as
a
result,
the
mark
the
project
will
never
be
financed
or
constructed
and
neither
will
the
affordable
units.
This
is
not
what
spat
group
you
or
our
community
want.
R
The
mandatory
inclusionary
model
desired
may
only
work
in
markets
with
incredibly
affluent
market
rents
that
hover
approximately
a
dollar
per
square
foot
more
than
the
neighborhoods
that
we
have
built
in
in
the
past
because
of
the
additional
pressures
placed
on
development
by
the
city
by
inflation
and
soon
by
banking.
The
mandatory
inclusionary
legislation
will
force
developers
into
two
scenarios
from
what
we
see
either
developers
will
move
to
build
only
luxury
priced
units
or
move
out
of
our
marketplace
entirely.
The
result
of
smaller
mid-sized
developers,
like
spat
group,
will
be
incredibly
harmful
on
our
future
viability.
R
As
a
result,
I
fear
for
my
11
employees
and
the
negative
trickle-down
effect
through
the
real
estate
industry
to
our
colleagues
like
title
companies,
realtors
and
subcontractors
simultaneously.
Future,
affordable
options
built
without
direct
public
subsidy,
like
the
91
units
built
by
spat
group,
will
not
be
placed
in
a
service
in
the
neighborhoods
that
need
these
units,
the
most
thus
defeating
the
entire
purpose
of
this
legislation.
Many
years
ago
I
sat
before
council
and
testified
to
the
flaws
weaknesses
and
lack
of
partnership
with
developers
of
the
first
inclusionary
housing
legislation.
R
Through
the
current
ied
legislation,
only
17
affordable
units
have
been
built,
half
of
them
by
spat
group.
The
other
82
units
that
we
have
built
of
the
91
units
that
we
have
put
into
market
were
done
without
id
legislative
incentives.
This
bill
can
do
better
as
of
right.
Now,
no
one
on
this
committee
has
seen
a
single
study
showing
how
many
units
this
legislation
will
create
for
our
neighborhoods
or
its
impact
to
the
real
estate
development
community
in
philadelphia
for
spat
group.
R
R
R
So
it
depends
on
the
size
of
the
apartment.
I
can
give
you
an
idea
of
the
last
two
projects
that
we
built
at
5050
baltimore
avenue.
We
worked
with
the
community
that
surrounded
that
project,
as
well
as
the
local
congregations,
and
we
built
a
building
that
was
double
the
size
that
we
would
have
been
allowed
by
zoning.
R
R
Those
two
units
were
actually
provided
in
partnership
with
phmc
phmc
placed
two
single
females
in
each
one
of
those
units
who
were
previously
homeless,
who
are
only
paying
10
of
their
income
in
the
other
project
that
we
did.
We
saved
44
units
that
were
coming
out
of
a
affordability
restriction.
They
were
previously
an
affordable
housing
development
from
the
90s
we
put
a
25-year
deed
restriction
on
the
affordability
of
those
units.
R
A
two-bedroom
apartment
is
875,
a
three-bedroom
apartment
is
970
to
a
thousand
dollars
and
I
don't
believe,
there's
any
four
units
in
that
project.
But
that
is
that's
the
average
most
of
the
folks
that
live
in
that
development
are
actually
receiving
some
kind
of
subsidy
through
phmc
or
valley,
youth,
house
or
delta,
or
one
of
our
numerous
partners
who
help
folks
with
housing
insecurities.
B
M
M
A
M
We
are
currently
developing
about
300
units
and
we
have
about
850
units
in
in
the
pipeline.
100
of
these
units
are
considered
affordable
units
that
lie
between
75
to
85
percent,
ami
okay.
So-
and
I
and
I
say
that
because
the
market
rate
units
as
ryan
has
just
detailed
and
ryan,
and
I
have
very
similar
models,
we
deal
with
very
similar
investors
and
we
deal
with
the
same
capital
stack
of
senior
debt
that
finances
these
jobs.
F
F
My
office
did
an
affordable
housing
study
for
the
third
district,
just
to
see
where
what
the
state
of
affordable
housing
is
and
where
people
were
the
average
third
district
resident
is
at
34
of
ami,
and
so
the
gap
in
the
gulf
between
34
of
ami
and
85
of
ami
is
so
huge
that
it
doesn't
make
sense
to
call
that
affordable
for
many
of
our
communities.
Thank
you.
M
And
I
agree-
and
I
agree
with
the
council
councilwoman
and
hence
our
plan,
to
that
we
have
presented
for
both
the
third
and
the
seventh
district
to
create
300,
affordable
home
ownership,
wealth,
creating
single-family
home
homes
on
public
land.
That
would
go
to
constituents
in
the
third
and
seventh
district
at
numbers
that
are
sub
750
dollars
a
month
using
mpi
money
and
leveraging
public
land
which
both
these
districts
have
close
to
about
2
000
laws
in.
M
If
I
may
just
add
one
thing,
mr
chairman,
to
to
your
question:
okay,
it's
this
is,
this
is
not
only
not
only
is
the
bia
sincere
about
that
that
affordable
home
issues,
we
have
a
plan
to
build
twelve
thousand
units,
and
I
have
reached
to
every
council
district
council
member
personally
to
say
them
to
a
proposal
that
I'll
get-
and
this
is
not.
This
is
not
literature.
This
is
not
us
coming
in
with
with
some
grandiose
plan.
M
This
is
actually
proven
by
applications
currently
sitting
with
capital
stacks
of
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
the
land
bank
to
produce
affordable
housing
in
every
district.
So
the
question
becomes
for
us
is,
is
what
is
the
opportunity
cost
of
losing
projects
that
would
otherwise
work
without
inclusionary
zoning?
What
is
the
opportunity
cost?
I
will
give
you
just
one
simple
example,
and
then
I'll
give
it
back
to.
M
You
is
a
162
unit,
job
on
lehigh
avenue,
where
all
housing
was
sub,
100
ami
anywhere,
ranging
between
60
percent
100,
ami
50
million
dollar
job
220
million
dollars
in
economic
impact,
1.5
million
dollars
in
transfer
tax
with
the
10-year
tax
abatement
generating
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
real
estate.
Taxes
created
400
jobs.
M
That
is
a
project
that
for
it
to
work
with
the
car
for
20
of
40
mi,
the
land
cost
would
have
to
be
for
that
five
acres,
negative
2.5
million
someone
would
have
to
hand
us
money
to
purchase
that
land
for
us
to
be
able
to
have
that
bill
work
its
way
through
that,
and
that
is
with
numbers
that
construction
cost
two
years
ago
in
today's
world.
It's
a
completely
different
story
and
the
expired
tax
agreement.
A
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
bill
co-sponsors
for
this
legislation.
I
just
had
a
quick
question.
You
know
I'm
trying
to
listen
to
both
sides
and
understand.
I
think
everyone's
goal
is
the
same.
I
think
the
question
is:
how
do
we
get
to
the
goal,
and
so
I
have
asked
for
today
a
fiscal
impact
statement
on
this
legislation
to
try
to
understand
what
the
impact
is.
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
I
just
want
to
again
be
very,
very
clear,
and
I
think
I
said
this
from
the
beginning.
This
is
not
a
perfect
tool,
as
none
of
our
tool
boxes
are
perfect
tool,
and
I
appreciate
the
bias
work
and
we
have
taken.
As
as
council
member
bautier
says,
we
intend
to
work
with
them
around
some
of
the
projects
related
to
to
the
land
bank.
In
fact,
I
will
be
doing
a
groundbreaking
in
a
couple
of
weeks
of
a
hundred
affordable
units
in
an
entire
neighborhood
in
a
public
private
partnership.
E
Unlike
anything
we've
seen
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
as
I've
repeated
from
the
beginning,
this
legislation
is
is
meant
to
help
us
do
with
several
things
that
with
which
everyone
has
talked
about.
We
have
an
inflated
market
in
some
of
these
neighborhoods
and
it
will
help
us
control
some
of
the
inflation
as
it
relates
to
land
and
the
fact
that
speculation
and
speculators
are
flipping
these
properties,
making
the
affordability
challenges.
E
Two
councilwoman
guaranteers
point
around
the
ami
we
are
operating
in
neighborhoods,
where
30
30
to
40
ami
is
the
reality
of
the
neighborhood.
We
recognize
that
if
the
private
sector
can
help
us
build
affordable
units,
we
will
have
to
do
what
ryan
has
talked
about
right.
How
does
pha
come
in?
How
does
pathways
to
housing?
How
do
the
shallow
rent
to
get
to
fixed
income
housing?
How
do
we
do
that?
So
we?
E
E
We
understand
the
increase
of
value
of
construction
costs,
there's
a
lot
of
unintended
consequences
as
it
relates
to
the
prevailing
wage
and
the
high
cost
of
construction
right.
But
all
of
the
members
on
this
group
use
it
as
like.
The
quiet
elephant
in
the
room
won't
talk
about
it
and
won't
lobby
for
an
affordable
housing
rate
that
we
need
in
order
to
make
some
of
these
projects
pencil
more
so
again,
I
appreciate
the
work
we
will
work
on
the
implementation.
I
appreciate
council
member
dom
asking
for
a
fiscal
statement.
E
This
is
a
pilot
program,
and
so
we
are
committed
to
working
with
all
of
the
stakeholders
in
measuring,
reviewing
and
evaluating
this.
But
when
you
have
the
inability
to
pass
a
citywide,
mandatory,
inclusionary
piece,
it's
harder
to
measure
right,
so
no
one's
going
to
get
to
a
measurement
tool
tomorrow
or
next
week.
We're
going
to
have
to
put
this
in
place
with
the
other
toolboxes
measure
it
evaluate
it
and
as
everybody
on
this
call
knows,
particularly
you
know,
mo
and
others
who've
worked
in
kezington.
E
We
have
made
projects
work
right
in
the
most
impossible
circumstances,
because
we're
committed
to
this,
but
we
need
more
tools
and
we
need
short,
and
these
tools
are
not
perfect,
but
they
they
are
going
to
push
the
conversation
along
as
we
work
for
again
that
der
diverse
mixed
income
housing.
The
reason
we
have
the
voluntary
10
affordability
in
kensington
is
because
developers
know
if
they're
coming
into
this
neighborhood.
E
They
know
what
is
a
priority
because
of
the
policy
that
I've
set
and
the
tone
that
I've
said
around
inclusionary
inclusionary
housing,
and
even
with
that,
you
get
folks
who
come
in.
Who
are
bad
actors
around
trying
to
make
sure
that
we're
respecting
some
of
the
characters
of
some
of
these
neighborhoods
that
we're
operating?
And
so
again
this
is
not
the
end
of
the
conversation.
This
is
not
the
beginning
of
the
conversation.
This
is
the
middle
of
a
conversation
and
I
look
forward
again
to
its
implementation.
E
It's
review
and,
if
necessary,
it's
changes
as
we
move
this
conversation
along,
but
we're
doing
all
different
types
of
pilots
to
get
to
the
point,
and
we
understand
that
whether
it's
mpi,
whether
it's
pha,
whether
it's
shallow
rent,
all
of
these
toolboxes
could
be,
could
be
utilized
with
the
support
of
the
private
development
to
get
to
those
lower
amis
to
meet
those
critical
needs
and
the
harder
needs
of
those
harder
to
reach
communities.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
B
C
Yeah,
thank
you
very
much
chairman.
I'm
just
responding
to
some
of
the
conversation
about
better
understanding
the
bill
and
the
information
the
data
I've
received.
Nothing.
I've
received
no
information
about
this
and
apparently
I
guess
conversations
and
information
has
been
shared
with
the
council
members,
but
certainly
not
with
me,
and
it
sounds
like
not
with
the
rest
of
the
at-large
council
members.
I
do
appreciate
a
call
from
council
member
quinoa
sanchez
who
has
given
me
her
perspectives.
That's
the
only
perspective
I
have
received.
C
I
do
try
to
understand
the
bills,
but
if
no
one
is
providing
me
data
or
information,
I
rely
on
my
staff
and
that's
about
what
I
have
so
just
for
the
public
to
understand.
These
are
complicated
issues
and
whoever
has
this
information
has
not
shared
it
with
me
and
I
will
be
voting
today.
So
it's
a
little
late
for
me
to
to
to
start
trying
to
understand
what
you're
saying.
Thank
you.
D
Good
good
morning,
everyone
good
morning,
you
know
I've
been
listening
to
all
the
testimony
and
I
just
really
wanted
to
add
in
my
perspective-
and
I
agree
with
councilman
maria
quinona
quinone
sanchez-
that
this
this
offering
is
you
know
it's
not
the
end-all.
It's
not.
You
know.
Gonna
immediately
fix
everything,
but
it
is
a
start.
It's
imperfect
as
she
stated,
but
you
know
we're
at
a
point
where
action
is
required.
D
So
I
really
just
want
to
applaud
my
colleagues
for
bringing
this
piece
of
legislation
forward,
knowing
that
it's
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
but
I
also
wanted
to
encourage
the
development
community.
You
know
the
groups
and
also
individual
individual
developers
at
a
later
date
to
give
us
something
we
can
live
with.
I
keep
hearing
that
you
know
now
it's
not
the
time
and
that
you
know
we
should
talk
about
it.
We
should
think
about
it.
D
I
think
from
council
side
we've
been
talking
and
thinking,
and
you
know
hoping
and
wishing
for
a
very
long
time
now,
and
so
we
really
need
you
guys
at
the
table
to
help
develop
the
programs
and
the
the
housing
that
we
need
for
our
constituents.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
this:
isn't
a
new
problem
we've
been
discussing
it,
you
know
for
all
of
the
years
I've
been
on
council.
D
While
we
wait
for
a
solution,
you
know
it's
just
it's
not
realistic
for
us,
so
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
add
my
thoughts
in
there.
Mr
chairman,
and
again
many
thanks
to
my
colleagues
for
this
pilot
program.
Again,
this
is
a
pilot,
so
I
think
the
idea
that
we,
you
know,
try
something
new,
try
something
different
is
important,
but
what
we
cannot
do
is
continue
to
think
that
we
can
do
the
same
things
and
that
will
get
a
different
result.
Somehow
so,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
L
L
L
We
encourage
council
to
take
a
more
holistic
approach
in
this
regard.
Neither
business
development
nor
affordable
housing
operate
in
a
vacuum;
rather,
they
must
operate
in
tandem.
In
order
to
be
effective,
we
support,
for
example,
the
creation
of
wealth
for
disenfranchised
communities
by
establishing
affordable
housing
on
public
land,
of
which
the
city
has
an
abundance.
L
Without
it,
the
workers
upon
whom
our
businesses
depend
will
leave
the
city
in
search
of
areas
where
they
can
find
safe,
comfortable
and
reasonably
priced
homes
for
their
families.
Our
residents,
all
of
our
residents,
deserve
affordable
housing.
Sadly,
bill
number
two
one:
zero,
six,
three
three
as
written,
would
preclude
most
housing
projects
from
receiving
the
required
financing.
L
J
I'm
here
today
to
to
testify,
on
behalf
of
new
kensington
cdc
in
support
of
bill
number
210633,
requiring
a
portion
of
developments
to
be
affordable
is
an
important
and
necessary
step
in
providing
housing
that
average
philadelphians
can
afford.
Philadelphia
has
the
distinction
of
being
the
nation's
poorest
large
city
year
after
year
after
year,
where
our
neighborhoods
remain
segregated
year
after
year,
where
zip
codes
do
determine
life
outcomes
to
a
large
extent,
no
matter
how
many
times
city
officials
create
poverty,
action
plans
or
shared
prosperity
plans
or
anti-poverty
action
committees.
So
this
legislation
is
long
overdue.
J
J
The
zoning
board
of
adjustment
consistently
ignores
the
recommendations
of
registered
community
organizations.
The
city
increases
its
tax
revenues,
developers,
pay
their
investors
and
pat
themselves
on
the
back
for
building
affordable
housing
that
affordable
housing
is
not
even
close
to
being
affordable
for
people
who
live
here
or
used
to
live
here.
It's
affordable
for
people
from
other
neighborhoods.
J
They
move
in
and
more
of
our
residents
move
out
looking
for
housing
that
is
truly
affordable.
So
again,
this
bill
should
be
only
the
first
of
many
steps
we
take
in
philadelphia
to
address
our
affordable
housing
prices,
one
of
which
is
the
annual
appropriation
to
the
housing
trust
fund.
Here
in
kensington,
we
don't
need
twenty
percent
of
units
to
be
affordable.
We
need
a
hundred
percent
of
units
to
be
affordable
to
make
up
for
the
hundreds
of
market
rate
units
and
sixty
to
eighty
percent
ami
units
that
have
been
built
in
recent
years.
J
J
That
would
also
address
some
of
the
concerns
of
the
other
speakers
about
uneven
practices
across
the
city.
Thank
you
again
for
considering
this
important
bill.
Please
vote
this
bill
out
of
committee.
Please
make
sure
it
becomes
law
and
please
continue
to
work
towards
laws
that
benefit
the
philadelphians
who
are
burdened
with
high
rents
and
mortgages,
who
are
looking
for
affordable
places
for
their
families
to
live,
who
are
in
danger
of
losing
their
homes
who
are
being
pushed
out
of
their
neighborhood.
B
B
M
I
Much
you're
welcome
karen.
Yes,
mr
chairman,
I
would
just
like
folks
to
consider
the
entire
community
when
deciding
to
do
to
make
adjustments
in
housing.
As
I
said
in
my
my
chat,
it's
I
think
that
is
racially
insensitive
for
developers
who
don't
know
the
community
to
assume
that
what
all
that
we're
looking
for
is
low-income
housing
for
folks
who
may
be
eligible
for
for
vouchers.
I
We
also
need
to
look
at
in
terms
of
maintaining
the
community
people
who
live
in
that
community,
but
whose
incomes
do
not
make
them
eligible
for
vouchers.
We
are,
are
no
less
valuable
than
those
who
do
and
to
assume
that
you
make
housing
available
for
the
lowest
income.
People
on
the
on
the
income
rung
is,
as
I
said,
racially
in
sense
just
to
consider
those
things.
Thank
you.
R
I
just
wanted
to
let
karen
know-
and
this
committee
know
how
spat
group
operated
50
50
baltimore
avenue
so
that
you
are
aware
of
the
community,
had
the
same
desire
that
you
did.
They
wanted
to
ensure
that
the
that
the
units
that
were
available
that
they
went
to
community
members
when
we
filed
on
our
wade,
flats
project,
which
is
currently
under
construction
at
53rd
and
whitby,
we
had
the
same
goal
in
mind
to
ensure
that
that
happened.
We
worked
with
the
planning
commission.
R
We
worked
with
the
community
that
all
of
the
more
affordable
units
were
made
available
through
local
congregations
within
a
mile
of
the
project
before
they
went
to
the
general
public.
The
goal
was
that
one
we
didn't
violate
any
housing
laws
but
simultaneously
made
sure
that
the
units
were
made
available
to
those
in
the
community
through
the
the
organizations
when
we,
after
four
weeks
of
marketing
these
units
at
baltimore
avenue,
did
not
receive
a
single
application
from
the
15
congregations
we
reached
out
to.
R
We
then
sent
it
to
the
registered
community
organizations
within
a
half
a
mile
after
we
did
that
and
not
received
any
applications.
We
sent
it
to
our
council
member's
office
to
our
state
reps
office.
The
whole
purpose
of
us
doing
this
without
publicly
putting
it
out
there
or
going
to
our
partners
at
phmc
or
valley.
Youth
house
was
simply
to
ensure
that
it
went
to
the
community
when
wade
flats
opens
in
12
months.
We
will
do
the
exact
same
thing
to
ensure
that
the
more
affordable
units
stay
within
the
community
displacement
is
a
real
thing.
R
Our
model
tries
to
ensure
that
that
doesn't
happen,
so
we
aren't
aiming
for
the
bottom
and
in
most
scenarios
as
the
iz
bill,
the
current
id
bill
legislates.
You
can't
rent
the
unit
for
any
more
than
you
have
deed,
restricted
the
apartment
for
so
in
the
current
id
bill.
A
two
bedroom
apartment
is
one
thousand
twenty
six
dollars.
R
If
you
look
at
what
pha
vouchers
would
pay
for
a
two
bedroom
apartment
in
a
newly
constructed
building,
it
is
more
than
what
the
iz
bill
will
even
allow.
Therefore,
we
cannot
accept
the
top
of
the
market
for
a
voucher,
even
though
by
law.
I
can't
turn
anybody
away
from
a
voucher
when
we
ask
the
planning
commission
what
to
do
about
this.
R
They
are
not
built
for
vouchers,
but
sometimes
folks,
with
vouchers,
come
and
rent
those
units
and
by
law
we
are
not
allowed
to
turn
them
away
and
we
will
never
do
so
as
a
company.
So
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
that
has
never
been
our
aim.
We
have
worked
tirelessly
to
ensure
it
stays
within
the
neighborhood.
I
B
M
We
have
a
very
specific
marketing
plan
that
was
developed
with
council
president
clark's
office
with
its
first
workforce,
housing
development
that
was
done
in
2015
that
we
built
and
that
marketing
plan
is,
is
very
detailed.
Where
we
approached
we
approached
close
to
about
30
different
rcos
churches,
congregations
unions,
he
went
out
there
and
we
were
able
to
sell,
and
these
were
all
for
sale
homes
sell
100
of
the
units
from
these
meetings
without
going
to
market.
B
B
A
A
M
Well,
a
40
ami
one
bedroom
goes
for.
According
to
the
pa
housing
authority,
one
bedroom
for
seven
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
a
two
bedroom
for
a
forty
percent
ami
is
eight
hundred
and
seventy
dollars
and
a
three
bedroom
goes
for
one
thousand
and
five
dollars
and
that's
for
a
forty
percent
amount.
M
Is
correct
today
we
are
able
to
finance
jobs
councilman,
especially
in
areas
like
kensington.
There
are
major
philadelphia
banks
that
are
using
cre
cra
money,
cra
money
to
finance
these
jobs
are
very
low
interest
rates,
but
in
the
current
climate,
we're
expecting
anywhere
between
a
one
to
two
points
over
the
next
coming.
A
R
R
R
So
we
had
a
we,
we
got.
We
took
a
hit
on
what
we
could
finance
because
of
because
of
of
the
reduction
in
in
in
rents
and
the
reality
situation
for
us
is
that
we
had
other
units
that
we
were
voluntarily
that
were
not
de-restricted,
placing
it
lower
amis.
We
have
two
units
in
that
building
that
are
at
60.
Ami
part
of
that
was
part
of
our
conversations
with
the
local
community.
R
M
M
Your
three
million
dollar
subsidy
has
nothing
to
do
with
land
prices.
You
need
to
be
at
a
negative
land
value
to
make
the
deal
work
in
the
neighborhoods,
where
I
am
putting
kensington
courts
that
you
have
honored
us
by
doing
the
groundbreaking
two
years
ago,
on
lehigh
or
going
to
somerset
avenue
where
we're
going
in
areas
that
has
not
seen
development
where
we
are
underwriting.
M
M
What
I'm
trying
to
say
is
the
pressures
on
these
deals
with
the
expiring
tax
abatement,
the
high
construction
cost
even
at
low
land
prices,
even
at
low
land
prices
and
the
the
very
increasingly
demanding
bank
requirements
of
basically
30
equity
requirements.
High
very
low
lte
loan
to
cost
is
putting
the
pressure
that
we
can't
make
a
six
percent
cash
on
cash
or
a
seven
percent.
Cash
on
cash
on
deals,
work
and
the
reality
is
while
we
all
want
affordable
housing
is
at
the
end
of
the
day.
M
A
Well,
I
guess
my
question
is
financing.
Is
such
a
big
part
of
the
equation
here?
Should
we
have
the
banks
at
the
table
to
see
what
they
can
do?
Maybe
they
can
do
something,
that's
preferred
that
would
benefit
and
accomplish
the
goals
of
my
colleagues
here.
So
we
can
make
this
thing
work.
Maybe
that's
an
option.
I
don't
know.
E
D
E
Want
to
say,
for
the
record
that
most
of
the
properties
that
we've
identified
are
opportunity
zone,
a
land
property
where
people
can
use
o.z
money
federal,
designated
money
that
they
can
defer
to
2050.
So
there's
you
know,
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
nuances
around
the
capital
stack,
I'm
just
saying
that
there
is
a
way
for
these
projects
to
work.
E
We
will
continue
that
conversation,
but
when
you
don't
add
the
fact
that
folks
could
have
access
to
opportunity
opportunities,
don't
fund
money,
in
particular
in
these
designations,
where
residents
of
kensington
did
not
have
a
state
those
designations
happening.
I
believe
some
of
this
stuff
will
be
doable
and
I'm
willing
again
to
continue
to
work
with
the
bia
as
we
hopefully
pass
this
and
implement
it.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
B
B
S
S
Some
of
the
features
which
made
me
want
to
purchase
a
home
in
pound
village
back
in
1985,
where
the
attractive
low-rise,
porch-fronted,
victorian
homes,
the
diversity
of
the
neighborhood
tree-lined
streets
and
its
affordability.
Much
has
changed
since
then.
Today.
I
do
not
believe
that
I
could
afford
to
purchase
a
comparable
home
in
pound.
This
is
especially
true
for
many
neighbors,
less
fortunate
than
I
our
civic
association,
has
worked
and
is
working
to
preserve
the
attributes
which
made
me
want
to
live
here.
S
Those
efforts
include
obtaining
a
neighborhood
conservation
overlay,
pressuring
developers
to
include
affordable
units
in
their
product
projects
when
they
need
a
zoning
variance,
which
is
our
sole
leverage
seeking
an
historic
district
designation
to
name
just
a
few
initiatives.
Unfortunately,
these
efforts
have
not
yielded
the
results.
One
would
hope
it
is
our
belief
that
bill
number
210
633
will
address
one
of
the
most
challenging
issues
we
have
faced
by
getting
more
affordable
housing
stock
in
the
neighborhood.
S
S
For
those
reasons,
fountain
village
supports
bill,
one
numbers
six,
three
three
and
before
I
conclude,
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
this
legislation
is
only
as
good
as
its
enforcement.
We
continue
to
face
challenges
in
getting
various
city
departments
to
adequately
enforce
city
code.
This
is
incredibly
frustrating.
S
We
therefore
would
encourage
council
and
the
administration
to
devote
the
required
resources
to
ensure
compliance
once
the
legislation
is
enacted.
This
concludes
my
testimony
on
behalf
of
the
pound
village,
civic
association,
and
we
respectfully
request
that
bill
number
210633
be
voted
out
of
committee.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
testify
in
this
legislation.
B
D
D
Affordable
housing
is
an
understatement
in
west
philadelphia,
as
our
property
was
originally
originally
77.
000
was
the
cost,
but
they
end
up
trying
to
sell
to
us
for
286
000
in
west
philadelphia
who
can
afford
those
prices.
So
we
are
the
voice
of
the
people,
and
we
see
this
going
on
every
day.
The
prices
are
jumping
and
tripling
just
for
sales
in
our
neighborhood.
So
right
now
we
know
that
the
housing
is
not
affordable
and
we
would
like
to
definitely
support
this
bill
bill
number
21633
presented
by
council.
B
G
G
G
G
G
G
A
one
bedroom
apartment
on
germantown
avenue
is
going
for
eleven
hundred
dollars
per
month
and
the
newly
rehabbed
three-bedroom
house
on
south
50th
street
is
going
for
seventeen
hundred
dollars
per
month.
I
have
family
members
and
friends
who
are
renting
and
the
rent
increase
has
caused
major
financial
distress
and
even
displacement.
G
G
G
G
K
K
Overlay
bill
as
a
business
association,
a
cdc
and
an
rco.
We
have,
in
the
last
10
years,
seen
an
increased
development
on
lancaster
avenue,
particularly
between
34th
to
40th
streets,
while
development
brings
economic
development
to
the
avenue,
the
development
has
not
been
inclusive
and
we
all
know
that
progress
comes
with
some
pain.
K
However,
it
should
not
be
at
the
expense
of
the
people
who
have
helped
this
city
to
grow
and
to
become
the
best
city
that
it
can
be.
We
do
have
our
challenges
and
we
will
continue
to
have
our
challenges,
but
we
know
that
philadelphia
historically
has
been
a
place
of
inclusiveness
to
include
that
includes
diverse
populations.
D
F
Okay,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
take
an
opportunity
to
thank
everybody
from
my
community
that
testified
today
in
support
of
the
bill
and
in
support
of
equity
and
justice
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
thank
you
all
for
also
the
work
that
you
do
in
the
service
that
you
provide
to
our
neighborhoods
every
single
day.
B
B
C
A
A
I
I
I
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
R
C
This
is
eli
spector.
I
am
a
resident
of
51st
street
in
king
sessing
in
philadelphia.
My
comment
is:
is
that
I
believe
that
this
is
a
really
great
piece
of
legislation.
We've
had
a
voluntary
affordability
provision.
That's
had
really
low
low
participation
for
the
last
few
years
and
I
think
affordability
is.
C
Continued
growth
and
vibrance,
both
economically
and
in
terms
of
diversity,
and
I
think
that
there's
still
plenty
of
demand.
Even
after
20,
you
know,
affordability.
Obviously
you
know
you're
still
recouping
some
of
your
investment
as
a
developer
off
of
those
even
the
affordable
units
and
there's
so
much
so
much
demand
for
housing
in
these
areas.
I
believe
it's
most
important
for
us
to.
You
know:
incentivize
affordability,
and
you
know
if
the
developers.
P
C
Are
used
to
not
having
to
have
affordability
and
getting
really
record
profits
are
unhappy
about
that.
I
think
that's
a
cost
the
city
can
bear
and
if
they're
not
going
to
develop,
that's
also
a
cost
that
it
can
bear
because,
there's
you
know
other
people
who
will
come
in
and
develop
at
those
at
those
profit
margins.
So
that's
my
comment
and
I
hope
that
the
reception
was
fine
and
everything.
So
I
really
hope
the
city
council
sees
fit
to
approve
this
legislation
moving
forward.
C
L
H
H
H
I
think
in
philadelphia
we
need
to
bring
housing
experts,
economic
experts,
as
well
as
the
developers
to
the
table.
I
don't
think
banks
will
will
help
at
all,
but
I
do
think
that
understanding
a
way
to
predict,
produce,
affordable
housing
and
be
honest
about
it
is,
is
what
we
need
here
in
philadelphia,
and
I
I
understand
that
probably
my
comments
will
not
be
heated.
H
Finally,
I
will
say
that
I
don't
understand
what
the
area
median
income
is
level.
Is
that
we're
addressing?
Are
we
talking
about
a
region
or
are
we
talking
about
philadelphia,
some
of
the
rents
that
I've
heard
are
pretty
high
and
they
certainly
wouldn't
address
the
poverty
level
incomes
that
we
have
in
philadelphia?
H
B
J
Good
morning
my
name
is
danielle
jones.
I've
been
a
resident
in
the
west
philadelphia
area
mantua
for
the
last
five
years
and
have
seen
a
tremendous
amount
of
development.
That's
happening
in
the
neighborhood
coming
from
the
new
york
area,
where
the
neighborhood
I
lived
in
was
quickly
developed,
gentrified.
J
Affordable
housing
issues,
I
think
it's
a
good
starting
point.
I
don't
think
that
it
is
all
inclusive,
but
I
think
it
it's
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
to
try
something
and
be
able
to
have
a
point
of
measure
and
see
something
hopefully
positive
come
out
of
it.
I
will
express
a
similar
concern,
though,
about
accountability.
J
I
think
the
lady
that
was
just
speaking
brought
up
a
good
point.
If
we're
going
to
do
something
like
this,
then
we
have
to
make
sure
that
there
are
true
measures
in
place
to
make
sure
that
people
are
abiding
by
these
rules
so
that
they
make
sense,
and
you
know
we
can
really
truly
see
some
results
from
that.
So.
E
C
D
D
Six,
three
three,
I
want
to
say
you
know
plainly
stated:
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
in
neighborhoods
of
color
plays
a
significant
role
in
our
city's
ongoing
systematic
racial
inequalities
as
an
obstacle
to
economic
advancement,
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
and
the
health
and
economic
challenges
that
come
with.
It
falls
disproportionately
on
people
of
color.
D
There
has
to
be
accountability
across
the
board
with
regards
to
how
these
developers
are
able
to
come
into
these
neighborhoods
and
displace
people
from
their
homes
and
then
build
these
properties
that
no
one
can
afford
to
live
in
again,
the
numbers
that
were
stated
in
the
inflation
in
regards
to
inflation
and
abatements,
and
all
why
couldn't
that
have
been
given
to
residents
here
in
our
city,
so
that
the
city
so
that
these
residents
can
afford
housing.
Remember
the
governor
was
just
on
earlier
today
talking
about
health
care.
Well,
housing
is
health
care.
D
If
you
don't
have
housing
in
your
city,
you,
your
foster
care
system,
increases.
Your
homeless
population
increases
all
these
things
increase.
Now
when
people
are
priced
out
of
the
or
have
no
place
to
live,
you
have
more
incidents
of
you
have
residents
in
your
own
city
that
you
see
living
outside
their
cars.
D
You
know
the
rates
of
hiv
and
aids
increase
the
rates
of
coven
increase,
so
we
have
to
do
better
as
a
city
because
we
are,
but
there
is
a
serial,
so
serious
social
injustice,
that's
being
done
to
persons
that
you
know
to
the
average
persons,
the
native
philadelphians.
I
want
to
say
that
can't
afford
but
worked
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
they
helped
to
maintain
their
city.
So
I
am
really
in
favor
of
this
amendment
to
this
bill
to
add.
D
You
know
that
that
pricing-
and
I
mean
the
amendment
to
make
these
house
housing
more
affordable
again.
Those
numbers
that
was
given
out
earlier.
They
need
to
really
the
city
needs
to
really
check
on
those
numbers
to
make
sure
that's
actually
what's
happening,
because
if
you
listen
to
the
community,
these
apartments
are
not
going
for
as
cheap
as
they're
being
told
a
lot
of
them.
That
were
being
told
on
this
call
on
this
session
today.
D
So
thank
you
for
listening
and
I
really
appreciate
this
bill
being
drafted
up
as
even
though
it's
only
starting
in
the
third
and
the
seventh
district.
Hopefully
this
is
something
citywide
that
can
happen
so
that
way,
residents
that's
here
from
philadelphia
can
continue
to
afford
to
live
in
their
city.
Thank
you.
A
A
This
bill
is
important
to
latinos
the
poorest
ethnic
group
in
the
nation's
poorest,
big
city,
the
establishment
of
a
minimum
amount
of
affordable
housing
developments
in
certain
mixed
income.
Neighborhood
overlay
districts
will
help
preserve
the
diversity
and
vibrancy
of
our
latino
neighborhoods
latinos
face
an
affordable
housing
crisis.
The
median
household
income
in
the
19133
zip
code,
which
is
the
heart
of
the
latino
community,
and
the
center
of
one
of
the
proposed
overlay
zones,
is
less
than
fifteen
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
a
working
family
of
four.
That's
just
not
enough
to
keep
the
lights
on.
A
Furthermore,
less
than
fifty
percent
of
households
in
that
zip
code
own
their
own
home
seba
is
heartened
to
see
that
city
council
once
more
take
steps
to
rise
to
the
challenge
of
solving
this
affordable
housing
crisis.
We
express
our
support
for
the
passage
of
bill
210633,
but
respectfully
request
that
you
consider
the
following
changes
to
the
bill.
A
Number
one
adjusting
the
requirements
for
affordable
rental
units
by
either
using
the
ami
of
a
smaller
geographical
unit
than
the
hud-defined
metropolitan
area,
or
by
lowering
the
income
limits
to
20
percent.
As
it
stands
right
now,
the
affordable
rental
units
would
have
a
monthly
cost
of
about
945
dollars
for
a
family
of
four
sad
to
say
that
there
are
many
families
in
our
community
for
whom
this
is
just
not
affordable.
By
lowering
the
income
limits
to
20
a
family
of
four
earning,
eighteen
thousand,
nine
hundred
dollars
would
be
able
to
make
use
of
these
units.
A
This
is
more
affordable.
Number
two
increasing
the
value
of
the
payments
in
lieu
from
section
three
subsection
b,
back
up
to
eighteen
dollars
per
square
per
multiplied
by
surface
area
or
twenty
eight
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
per
unit,
as
was
in
the
original
bill.
There
will
be,
as
you
well
know,
massive
developments
coming
to
our
neighborhoods
in
the
next
few
years,
and
by
doing
this,
council
can
help
ensure
that
those
who
have
built
and
preserved
these
neighborhoods
can
still
live
in
them
when
the
development
does
come.
A
We
are
glad
to
see
language
introduced
to
section
2,
subsection,
b
b,
the
definition
of
a
residential
housing
project
to
encourage
those
seeking
to
do
for-profit
development
in
several
different
parts
of
our
neighborhood
on
a
smaller
scale,
to
also
contribute
to
the
affordable
housing
stock.
It
is
only
fair
that
we
all
do
our
part
to
preserve
the
diversity
and
vibrancy
of
our
neighborhoods.
A
We
are
also
glad
to
see
amendments
made
to
the
bill
in
section
3,
subsection
c
that
will
protect
other,
affordable
housing
developers
such
as
community-based
organizations
from
being
further
burdened
by
this
bill.
We
want
to
once
again
thank
council
for
taking
up
the
challenge
of
preserving
affordable
housing
for
our
city.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together
to
find
solutions
for
the
housing
affordability
crisis
in
our
city,
muchas,
gracias,.
B
A
H
B
H
H
P
P
I'm
the
current
president.
As
a
philadelphia
chapter
of
the
american
society
of
approaches,
I
commend
councilwoman
garcia
for
their
attention
to
supporting
affordable
housing.
My
concern
is
that
the
proposed
legislation
does
not
take
into
account
differences
between
philadelphia
and
areas
where
mixed
income
legislation
has
been
successful.
P
In
particular,
the
low
ami
events
required
and
affordable
units
under
this
legislation
will
make
multi-family
projects
of
fewer
than
200
units
economically
unfeasible.
Given
that
the
majority
of
newer
units
in
philadelphia
come
from
medium-sized
small
multi-family
buildings,
this
legislation
is
likely
to
reduce
the
number
of
multi-family
units
ultimately
constructed.
P
In
addition,
the
proposed
boundaries
in
the
seventh
district
are
likely
to
promote
that
identification
of
warehouse
streets
and
the
boundaries
since
larger
developments
will
be
unfeasible.
What
most
concerns
me
about
this
proposal
is
that
there
are
no
evidence.
The
city
council
has
performed
the
necessary
analysis
to
understand
how
this
proposed
legislation
will
impact
the
economic
feasibility
of
multi-family
development
in
the
third
district
and
the
seventh
district
going
forward.
Thank
you.
B
T
Good
afternoon,
chairman
johnson
council
members,
sanchez
gautier
and
members
of
the
council's
committee
on
rules,
my
name
is
david
feldman
and
I
serve
as
executive
director
of
the
development
workshop
here.
Thank
you
for
letting
us
testify
on
bill
number
210633
and
for
the
lively
and
informative
discussion
we've
heard
today
on
this
issue.
The
development
workshop
understands
council's
intent
to
continue
to
grow,
affordable
housing
options
in
philadelphia.
T
The
workshop
is
proud
to
have
stood
with
city
council
on
this
issue
and
has
advocated
for
many
past
initiatives,
including
the
increase
in
the
real
estate
transfer
tax,
since
provided
100
million
dollars
to
the
housing
trust
fund
and
the
neighborhood
preservation
initiative.
The
development
workshop
supports
the
testimony
on
the
broad
testimony
of
the
bill.
We
heard
today
from
nyap
gpca,
bia,
boma
and
ivan
haskins,
and
we
do,
however,
have
some
specific
concerns
about
the
impact
on
this
of
the
bill,
and
the
ever
increasing
control
city
government
is
having
over
private
development
projects.
T
T
Furthermore,
creating
on-site
units
over
making
contributions
to
the
housing
trust
fund
councils
effectively
outsourcing
its
affordable
housing
plan
to
the
private
market.
Philadelphia
needs
family
size
units
to
accommodate,
affordable
housing,
not
a
preponderance
of
studio
and
smaller
one-bedroom,
affordable
units
that
the
ordinance
would
likely
yield,
given
what
the
market
rate
demands
are
for
new,
larger
scale
development.
T
Secondly,
the
development
workshop
asks
that
if
this
ordinance
does
become
law,
the
council
take
time
to
study
its
impact,
as
we've
heard
concerns
today
before
adding
any
additional
neighborhoods
to
its
catchment.
We
will
not
know
if
this
legislation
is
successful
for
several
years,
following
its
enactment
it'll,
take
time
to
determine
if
the
ordinance
was
successful
in
delivering
affordable
units
in
neighborhoods
or
if
it
completely
cooled
off
any
development,
and
we
appreciate
that
council
member
quinona
sanchez
her
comments
today,
understanding
this.
This
concern.
T
It's
unclear
what
documentation
will
be
required
each
year,
which
city
agencies
will
have
oversight,
if
that
could
change
going
forward
and
what
delays
and
government
processes
will
add
to
costs
and
funding
delays
in
operations
of
each
year.
It's
also
not
clear
if
restrictions
will
change
or
terminate
if
this
bill
is
subsequently
changed.
T
So
we
are
encouraging
the
committee
to
hold
the
bill
at
this
time,
because
there
has
been
three
hours
of
testimony
and
a
lot
of
information
that
was
clear,
was
not
presented
previously
and
we
did
not
have
the
sort
of
meetings
of
those
who
actually
build
things
over
the
summer
that
we
thought
would
have.
So
we
need
to
take
time
to
really
look
at
the
information
that
was
provided
today.
T
Rent
subsidies
are
something
that
are
going
to
need
to
be
part
of
any
project,
especially
looking
at
the
affordability
levels
that
many
people
have
requested
because
of
the
poverty
level.
In
these
neighborhoods
of
40
percent
of
mi
people
talk
about
thirty
percent
and
twenty
percent.
We
understand
that
and
agree
that
those
levels
can
only
be
reached
if,
if
there
is
also
subsidy
put
in,
there
were
a
few
people
who
testified
that
there
are
seven
700
jurisdictions
where
there
is
a
mandatory
inclusionary
zoning,
as
at
least
one
person
testified.
T
The
way
this
bill
is
laid
out,
there's
a
reason
that
landlords
have
been
selling
off
properties
in
philadelphia
at
a
higher
rate
than
any
city
in
the
united
states,
as
studied
by
the
university
of
pennsylvania.
Vince
rainer
was
part
of
that
study
and
by
pew,
and
so
I
won't
take
any
more
time
to
go
into
that
detail
as
well.
I
welcome
any
questions
at
this
time.
If
there's
any
council
members
who
have
questions
about
sorry,
I
also
gave
you
detailed
testimony,
but
it's
an
incredibly
complex
bill.
T
B
Thank
you
very
much.
This
concludes
the
hearing.
We
will
now
go
into
a
public
meeting.
If
you
are
on
the
line
for
public
comment,
you
can
now
please
disconnect.
While
we
go
into
official
public
hearing,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
panel
witnesses
for
their
participation.
Today.
We
value
your
input
I'll
now
invite
again
all
panel
witnesses
to
please
disconnect
from
the
meeting
before
we
go
into
our
public
meeting
from
the
hearing
before
we
go
into
our
public
meeting,
we
will
now
pause
the
proceedings
briefly
as
multiple
participants
leave.
The
hearing
excuse
me.
C
D
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
pam
andrews
and
I
am
the
chair
of
west
ham
saunders
park
rcl,
and
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
this
matter,
which
is
vital
to
my
community.
I'm
in
support
of
the
council.
Persons
stand
on
protecting
affordable
housing
nationwide.
Affordable
housing
is
an
issue
here
in
my
community
development
is
the
reality.
D
The
economics
of
development
have
meant
that
families
here
have
been
for
generations
are
being
displaced
from
their
local
roots,
churches
and
schools.
Development
should
not
equal
displacement
on
the
matter
of
funds
to
offset
the
effects
of
development
do
not
necessarily
return
to
the
area
being
affected
and
west
paleton.
D
The
development
trend
is
to
convert
single-family
homes
into
multi-family
apartment
units
developers,
pay
into
the
housing
trust
fund
and
in
exchange
they
construct
taller
denser
buildings,
which
are
unaffordable
to
even
medium
income
philadelphians
and
are
incongruent
with
the
existing
housing
stock,
and
there
are
no
assurances
that
money
paid
into
the
fund
will
be
returned
to
the
to
the
community
and
will
not
be
used
to
further
displacement
someone
else
in
somewhere
else
in
the
city.
Therefore,
I
applaud
councilwoman
scottie's
efforts
to
ensure
a
mixed
income
community
is
maintained
in
west
town.
Thank
you.
B
No
thank
you
very
much.
This
concludes
the
public
hearing.
The
committee
will
now
go
into
a
public
meeting
to
consider
the
action
to
be
taken
on
the
bills
before
this
committee.
I
want
to
also
make
sure
that
there's
no
one
else
who's
on
the
line
for
public
comment,
if
not
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
disconnects
before
we
go
into
our
public
meeting.
B
We
will
now
convene
the
public
meeting.
Will
the
clerk
please
call
the
role
to
take
attendance
members
are
in
attendance?
Will
please
indicate
that
they
are
present
when
the
names
are
called?
Also,
please
say
a
few
brief
words
when
responding
so
that
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
screen
when
you
speak
joshua
before
you
call,
the
role
is
councilman
curtis
jones.
C
B
C
B
Back
up
the
chair
notes
for
the
record
that
council
member
maria
keone
sanchez
seconds
the
motion:
it
has
been
moving
properly.
Second,
that
the
amendment
to
bill
number
two
one:
zero,
six,
three
three
be
approved:
all
those
in
favor
of
the
most
will
signify
by
saying
all
right,
all
right,
those
are
pools
the
highest
have
it.
The
motion
carries
and
the
amendment
to
bill
number
two
one:
zero.
Six
three
three
has
been
approved.
C
H
B
The
chair
notes
for
the
record
that
councilman
maria
kiana
sanchez
seconds
the
motion.
It
has
the
moving
property
segment
that
bill
number
two
one:
zero,
six,
three
three
as
amended,
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
fable
recommendation
and
the
move
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
disability
next
session
and
counsel.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
will
signify
by
saying
aye
aye.
J
B
Opposed
the
eyes
have
it
and
the
motion
carries.
This
concludes
the
meeting
if
there
are
no
additional
remarks.
This
concludes
all
business
in
front
of
the
committee
on
rules
today.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
for
being
patient
through
this
four-hour
hearing
and
staying
online,
so
we
can
do
a
quorum,
but
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
hard
work
of
my
two
colleagues
councilman
maria
kiana
sanchez
and
councilman
jamie
guardia
to
address
the
issue.
B
That's
very
critical
and
very
very
important
in
the
city
which
we
all
recognize
is
the
tale
of
two
cities
until
where
some
folks
are
doing
great
in
the
tale
where
some
people
aren't
doing
so
great,
and
hopefully
this
will
get
us.
I'm
pretty
confident.
This
will
get
us
to
the
next
level
as
we
look
at
a
comprehensive
overall
strategy
to
address
the
issue
of
affordable
and
workforce
housing
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
But
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
the
two
of
you
for
your
hard
work
and
your
dedication.