The first 10 residential blocks to each receive $100,000 for aesthetic improvements as part of Philadelphia’s Curbside Appeal Program were revealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The program is a part of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E) initiative, a $2 billion effort that aims to build or\u00a0restore<\/a> 30,000 housing units during her first term.<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0Notice a historical marker is missing? Don’t worry, it’s likely just under repair<\/a><\/p>\n \nThe selected blocks can use the money to replace or trim trees, improve garden beds and plantings, restore lawns, install fences or mend existing ones, clean up vacant lots and other enhancements.\u00a0<\/p>\n \nThe following blocks were chosen for improvements:\n<\/p>\n \u2022 1300 South Ruby Street, Kingsessing The funds for each block will be directed to specified program implementers tasked with working with residents to assess block conditions, develop a scope of work and complete the projects, said Jamila Davis, communications supervisor for the city’s Department of Planning and Development. The Division of Housing and Community Development will oversee the program.\n<\/p>\n \nResidents applied for the inaugural round of funding last spring through their local Neighborhood Advisory Committees or at the City’s Neighborhood Community Action Centers. The next round<\/a> of funding begins next spring.\n<\/p>\n \n“Every Philadelphian deserves to live on a block they can be proud of,” Parker said in a statement. “The Curbside Appeal Program gives neighbors the resources to come together, improve their surroundings and strengthen the sense of community that makes our city special. This is what One Philly looks like in action.”\n<\/p>\n \nSince Jan. 1, 2024, the city has built 4,670 housing units and has preserved 11,724 more, bringing the administration to 54.6% of its stated goal, according to a new dashboard<\/a> that was unveiled Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n \nCity Council members approved the initiative in June 2025<\/a>, but later clashed with the administration<\/a> about whether the program prioritized the city’s poorer residents enough. Much of its funding \u2014 $800 million \u2014 comes from city bonds.\u00a0The city issued the first half of the $800 million in bonds earlier this year and will issue the remainder in 2027, the Inquirer<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n \nParker’s team initially proposed allowing residents who make up to 100% of the area median income, about $119,400 annually for a family of four, to apply for H.O.M.E. programming. Angela Brooks, the city’s chief housing and urban development officer, said at the time that 41% of the project approvals are expected to go to households with a 0-31% AMI.\n<\/p>\n \nAbout 55% of the completed preservation projects fall within the 0-30% AMI bracket, according to the city’s dashboard<\/a>. Just under 50% of the 4,670 housing units produced in the first two years of the program fall within 50-80% of the AMI.\n<\/p>\n The H.O.M.E. initiative’s stabilization programs \u2014 eviction diversion, mortgage foreclosure prevention, targeted financial assistance and housing counseling \u2014 have provided 40,000 services to residents with AMIs of 0-30%.\u00a0A total of 68,081 services<\/a> have been provided since Jan. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first 10 residential blocks to each receive $100,000 for aesthetic improvements as part of Philadelphia’s Curbside Appeal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9537,990,744,4736,12779,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-295078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-cherelle-parker","tag-city-council","tag-government","tag-housing","tag-neighborhoods","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 1700 Saint Paul Street, Nicetown
\u2022 1800 Hart Lane, Kensington
\u2022 2200 South 6th Street, Lovely
\u2022 2500 North Marston Street, North Philadelphia
\u2022 3000 Titan Street, Grays Ferry
\u2022 3200 North Howard Street, Fairhill
\u2022 5000 Newhall Street, Fernhill
\u2022 Unit block of Hobart Street, Carroll Park
\u2022 Unit block of Wiota Street, Belmont<\/p>\n