In partnership with an established cross-sector partner network, our transdisciplinary research team addresses urgent affordable housing needs in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone neighborhood of Mantua, a rapidly gentrifying community. The purpose of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate the Second Story Collective (2SC) arts-centered model for intergenerational co-housing as an anti-displacement and aging-in-place strategy. The model has the potential to be implemented in similar communities throughout the US, and results from this pilot will serve as a model of sustained community-driven solutions for equitable development, particularly for historically marginalized Black communities.

Partner(s): Second Story Collective, Writers Room, Mantua Civic Association, YouthBuild Philadelphia, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Artist Year, LoMax Real Estate Partners

Funder: National Science Foundation