Stoneleigh Fellow Vincent Reina and the Housing Initiative at Penn, which Vincent founded, were featured by The Daily Pennsylvanian for their work to address Philadelphia’s affordable housing crisis.
The Housing Initiative at Penn is working to confront Philadelphia’s affordable housing crisis, including responding to the recent proposal to sell properties that contain over 900 affordable rental homes in the city’s West and Southwest neighborhoods.
The University initiative, which is run out of PennPraxis — the applied research arm of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design — conducts empirical research on housing conditions in Philadelphia to advise policymakers. Last month, the private developer Neighborhood Restorations announced its intention to sell its portfolio of federally subsidized affordable rentals in West and Southwest Philadelphia, marking the latest challenge for HIP.
