Former Mayor Jim Kenney on Tuesday urged his successor’s administration to continue the experimental Zero Fare program that ...
Many city positions are vacant and Parker’s mandate that municipal workers return to the office full time has been unpopular.
Zero Fare participants had taken about 6.6 million trips on SEPTA since the program started about 18 months ago.
To continue the free transportation program for low-income Philadelphians, it would cost the city $30 million each year.
Zero Fare is a two-year pilot program that gives free SEPTA bus, train, trolley and Regional Rail rides to people who live near the poverty line. But it appears the city is not planning to renew the ...
Philadelphia's commerce chief Alba Martinez is stepping down from her post effective May 1 to produce an original musical, ...
Philadelphia City Council held a special session on Monday, where Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled her plans to expand housing ...
The plan includes a new fixed-rate mortgage program with 3% down payments, rental assistance for middle-income workers and ...
Monday’s address provided the first substantive details of the administration’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker on Monday unveiled a plan to invest $2 billion in programs to build and preserve 30,000 homes for the city and make housing more affordable. She discussed the ...