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Impact Story October 31, 2024

Opening Remarks at the Celebrating 10 Years of Fund for Quality Event

 
 

Initial Evaluation of the City of Philadelphia’s Renters’ Access Act

The Renters’ Access Act (RAA) articulated what the City of Philadelphia defines as uniform tenant screening criteria, creates a right to dispute a landlord’s decision to decline an application from a prospective tenant, and right to a next available unit should the dispute produce evidence that the prospective tenant was a qualified applicant.

 
 
News August 7, 2024

Building Up Quality Care: Celebrating 10 Years of Fund for Quality 

 
 
News July 17, 2024

Reinvestment Fund Joins U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon and FHLBank to Announce Affordable Housing Grant Awards

 
 
Impact Story July 2024

Sunwealth: Investing Directly in Community-Based Solar Projects

 
 
Impact Story May 21, 2024

Weavers Way Co-op in Germantown

 
 
News 2024

It’s Budget Season in Philadelphia. How Will the New Administration Choose to Fund Its Housing Priorities?

 
 

Examining the Accuracy, Uniformity & Equity of Philadelphia’s 2023 Real Estate Assessments

 
 

Lessons From Ten Years Studying Philadelphia’s Childcare Sector

 
 
Impact Story April 23, 2024

The Africa Center

 
 

Why Many Philadelphians Cannot Afford Affordable Housing: Estimating an Alternative Area Median Income for the City/County of Philadelphia

 
 
Impact Story March 2024

PHL-CNF Awards $400,000 towards supporting childcare businesses that utilize CACFP

 
 

Housing Funding in Philadelphia: Evaluating the Impact of Public Spending

 
 
News February 28, 2024

Working Towards an Equitable ECE System in Philadelphia

 
 

Limited Supermarket Access Analysis

 
 

Estimating Changes in the Supply of and Demand for Child Care in Philadelphia (Series)

 
 

Eviction Diversion in Philadelphia: Evaluation of Efforts to Reduce Eviction Filings in Two Program Phases

 
 

Housing Funding in Philadelphia: The Sources and Uses of Public Dollars

Philadelphia, like many large cities, directs a considerable amount of money each year to meet its residents’ needs for quality affordable housing and related services. Over three recent fiscal years (2021-2023), local public sector entities expended nearly $2.3 billion on housing.

 
 
Impact Story October 23, 2023

Celebrating 20 Years of Impact and a New Campus for KIPP Philadelphia’s Oldest Charter School

 
 

Mortgage Lending in Philadelphia: Key Take-Aways from the 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data Release

 
 
News October 11, 2023

Reinvestment Fund and Philadelphia Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

 
 
Impact Story August 8, 2023

Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation

 
 

Fairmount Park Conservancy: The FDR Park Plan

 
 

Implementing Right to Counsel in Philadelphia: An Evaluation of the Program’s 2022 Rollout

 
 

West Philadelphia Real Estate (WPRE) is Revitalizing 60th Street’s Commercial Corridor

 
 
News April 13, 2023

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Funding Round is Now Open

 
 

A Longstanding Childcare Center Makes Way for 40 PHL PREK Seats

 
 
News February 24, 2023

Appraisal Bias Is The Fair Housing Issue Of The Day | Op-ed

 
 

Disparities in Appraised Values and Contract Sales Prices in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

 
 

Cultivating Strong Communities Citywide Through Fund For Quality (FFQ)

 
 

The Impact of Eviction and Cultural Engagement on Social Wellbeing: An Application of Ecometrics in Philadelphia

Over the past quarter century, social scientists have taken a renewed interest in neighborhood ecology. The term ecometrics describes the empirical investigation of neighborhood effects. We take an “ecometric” approach to examine two contemporary phenomena—involuntary residential movement (household eviction) and the concentration of cultural assets within neighborhoods—to examine how they might influence individual dimensions of social wellbeing and patterns of social wellbeing across Philadelphia.

 
 

A West Philadelphia Small Business Scales Up

 
 

A Mission to Serve Through Partnerships

 
 

Mortgage Lending in Philadelphia: Key Take-Aways from the 2021 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data Release

 
 

Rigby Housing

 
 

Philadelphia Home Appraisal Bias Task Force Report and Recommendations

 
 
News July 27, 2022

Philadelphia Home Appraisal Bias Task Force Issues Final Report and Recommendations

Today, Councilwoman and Majority Leader Cherelle L. Parker (9th District), along with Dr. Ira Goldstein, President of Policy Solutions at Reinvestment Fund, and all the members of the Philadelphia Home Appraisal Bias Task Force, issued its Final Report and Recommendations.

 
 

Supporting Locally Driven Community Development: The Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund

 
 

Coming Together in Times of Crisis: Two Chefs Launch West Philly Bunnyhop to Fill a Critical Need

 
 

A Thriving West Philadelphia Childcare Business is a Case Study on Expanding High-Quality Care

 
 

Racial Bias in Home Appraisals

 
 

A New Home for a Long Standing Philadelphia Business Unlocks New Opportunities

 
 

Barriers to Homeownership

 
 

Understanding Infant and Toddler Care in Philadelphia: Capacity, Shortages, and Barriers

 
 

Philadelphia Youth Basketball

 
 

Mamie Nichols Townhomes

 
 
News January 27, 2022

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

 
 

Supporting Pennsylvania’s Homeowners