For decades, real-estate developers have had an outsized effect on the trajectory of growth in Philadelphia. And now a new generation of visionaries, deal-makers and builders are following suit, driven by the merging of social impact and bottom-line imperatives.

The Philadelphia Citizen’s Development … For Good, powered by Drexel’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and Fitler Club, is a series of stories and events that smartly delves into the economic and cultural difference that enlightened and intentional real estate development can make in our city. 

 

Mayor Cherelle Parker has promised to build or renovate 30,000 affordable homes during her first term in office. Halfway through her second year, what’s the plan to get there? And how is our national housing crisis informing local solutions? Hear about what’s needed to succeed, what’s working in other cities and which homegrown solutions can ensure every Philadelphian has a home.

 

Speakers include:

 

• Bruce Katz, Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University
• Angela D. Brooks, Philadelphia’s Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer

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