Public housing in Philadelphia
Public housing in Philadelphia is a significant portion of the overall housing stock in Philadelphia. Most public housing is operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority. On average, a Philadelphia public housing development is 69% African American, 26% Hispanic, and 5% White and other.[1]
List of public housing projects
- Passyunk Homes South Philadelphia (demolished)
- Tasker Homes South Philadelphia, in the Grays Ferry neighborhood (demolished, replaced by Greater Grays Ferry Estates)
- Richard Allen Homes North Philadelphia (demolished and redeveloped as Richard Allen Project)
- Blumberg Homes North Philadelphia (demolished)
- James W. Johnson Homes North Philadelphia, in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood
- Riverview Courts South Philadelphia
- Bartram Village Homes Southwest Philadelphia
- Norris Homes North Philadelphia (apartment tower demolished as of 5/1/2011)
- Martin Luther King Homes South Philadelphia (demolished)
- Hill Creek Homes Northeast Philadelphia
- 8 Diamonds (AME) North Philadelphia
- Morton Homes Germantown, Philadelphia
- Abbottsford Homes North Philadelphia
- Cambridge Homes North Philadelphia (demolished)
- Richard Allen II North Philadelphia
- Cecil B. Moore Homes North Philadelphia
- Champlost Homes Germantown
- Haverford Homes West Philadelphia
- Lucien E. Blackwell Homes West Philadelphia
- Oxford Village Homes Northeast Philadelphia
- Sen. Herbert Arlene Homes North Philadelphia
- Spring Garden Homes North Philadelphia
- Westpark Homes West Philadelphia
- Harrison Homes North Philadelphia
- Fairhill Homes North Philadelphia
- Arch Homes West Philadelphia
- Queen Lane Homes Germantown (demolished)
- Raymond Rosen Homes North Philadelphia (demolished)
- Mantua Hall Homes West Philadelphia (demolished)
- Haddington Homes West Philadelphia
- Mill Creek Plaza West Philadelphia (demolished)
- Falls Ridge Homes East Falls
- Wilson Park Homes South Philadelphia
- Paschall Homes Southwest Philadelphia (demolished)
- Liddonfield Homes Northeast Philadelphia (fully demolished as of 1/1/2011)
- Carl Mackley Houses, Juniata (now privately owned apartments)
- White Hall Commons (Red Brick) Northeast Philadelphia (Frankford)
See also
External links
- Philadelphia Housing Authority
- "The Housing Problem in Philadelphia : a Lecture / by George W. Norris, President of the Philadelphia Housing Commission, Digital Library@Villanova University"
References
- ↑ 2010 Census
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