PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 4, 2023 – For the third time, the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) and the City of Philadelphia have received a coveted Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grant; this one is to transform Bartram Village in Southwest Philadelphia.
“We are beyond thrilled,” PHA President and CEO Kelvin A. Jeremiah said. “This will provide high-quality, affordable housing, along with expanded opportunities for economic mobility for lower-income families in Southwest Philadelphia. PHA believes that housing is an inalienable right. Every Philadelphian deserves stable housing in walkable neighborhoods with good schools and transportation, nearby shopping, and green space. The CNI grant enables us to build and maintain affordable housing and simultaneously revitalize underserved communities; so they emerge as our newest neighborhoods of choice.”
Jeremiah continued: “I’d like to thank HUD Secretary Fudge and her staff for this important grant that, when completed, will raise over $300 million for a once redlined and neglected neighborhood.”
PHA is the first Housing Authority in the country to receive three CNI Implementation Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which are awarded after a highly competitive selection process. To date, PHA has been chosen to receive $110 million in implementation grants: In 2014, HUD awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods grant to the City and its partners to implement the North Central Philadelphia Transformation Plan; PHA and the City of Philadelphia then received a $30 million CNI Grant in 2020 to implement the Sharswood-Blumberg Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan.
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