Philadelphia's Blight Plan

Philadelphia's Mayor has a plan to deal with blight in the city. But the devil is in the details.

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May 11, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

Phildelphia's City Council "struggles with the mayor's proposal to demolish 14,000 vacant homes, shore up another 2,500 for renovation, assemble land for development, and provide home-improvement loans for people who earn too much to qualify for government aid." The City Council says that the Blight Plan resembles a framework for dealing with blight, and needs more details before they will consider it.

Thanks to Tom Collins

FULL STORY: Blight plan fails to get before Council

Friday, May 11, 2001 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

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