Prior Research
Vacant Land Management in Philadelphia: The Costs of the Current System and the Benefits of Reform, prepared by Econsult Corporation, Penn Institute for Urban Research, and May 8 Consulting for the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations, November 2010. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Quick Guide: New Tools to Address Blight and Abandonment, prepared by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, October 2010. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Vacant Property Reclamation through Strategic Investment in Eastern North Philadelphia, 1998-2010, prepared by University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government, September 2010. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Improving Philadelphia’s Vacant Property Programs, prepared by Philadelphia LISC and the National Vacant Properties Campaign, 2010. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Transforming Eastern North Philadelphia’s VACANT LAND from abandonment and blight to housing, jobs, and parks, Women’s Community Revitalization Project/Eastern North Philadelphia Coalition, August 2009. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Philadelphia Land Bank, PACDC Policy Brief, October 2008
PACDC Priority Property Acquisition/Disposition System Challenges & Proposed Solutions, October 2008
Vacant Property Reclamation and Neighborhood Change in Southwest Center City Philadelphia, prepared by Hallie Mittleman and Catherine Lamb, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania, July 2008. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Final Report: Nutter for Mayor Vacant Property Subcommittee, October 31, 2007. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: A Case Study of Mayoral Leadership, Bold Planning, and Conflict, by Stephen J. McGovern, Haverford College, Housing Policy Debate, Volume 17, Issue 3, Fannie Mae Foundation, 2006. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Office of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation (OHNP) Reorganization Final Report, prepared by Public Financial Management, Inc and The Reinvestment Fund for the City of Philadelphia, Fall 2005. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Reclaiming Abandoned Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Housing Alliance Report, March 2003, Karen L. Black, Lead Researcher and Author; Elizabeth Hersh, Executive Director. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Blight Free Philadelphia: A Public-Private Strategy to Create and Enhance Neighborhood Value, prepared by Research for Democracy, a collaboration between the Eastern Pennsylvania Organizing Project and Temple University Center for Public Policy with assistance from Diamond & Associates, October 2001. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT
Dirt Into Dollars: Converting Vacant Land into Valuable Development, by Mark Alan Hughes, The Brookings Institution, Summer 2000. View SUMMARY or FULL REPORT