onion
| Mar 02, 08
mjb benefit Date: March 15, 2008 Time: 7:00pm Place: LAVA Space, 4134 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
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Rachel
| Feb 29, 08
This edited interview will air on WXPN 88.5 on Monday, 3 March 2008 at 8pm. The text below is a transcript of the edited interview. Or click here to listen.Interview 1 "The house on H_ Street is place where I grew up at with my mother and my father; we spent many years there. In fact I was like approximately about 9 years old when we moved in the house…I was 62 when I was put out the house so I've lived most of my life there. They took it under eminent domain. Eminent domain is something that most people do not know anything about and I was one of those people. I came home one evening and it was like a flyer in my door and I picked it up and I looked at it and it says ah, These redevelopment proposals call for the new construction of residential properties in a development known as Millcreek. We would like to meet with you to discuss the relocation process. You may be entitled to relocation benefits under the Federal Uniform Relocation Act. The meeting was to be held at Martha Washington School at 44th and Aspen on May the 29th at 6:30 pm. Well it turned out to be very bad because we wanted to know about our homes and they were telling us about how many jobs this would create and how nice it would be for the people in the area because they needed jobs and we're saying to them we don't want to know about jobs we want to know about our homes. What are you talking about? The next thing I know the police was there and they put us out.
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| Jan 04, 08

Hi All:

The Phila Planning Commission is holding a number of community meetings as the first fase of the first comprehensive city plan in almost 50 years.

Giving everyone a heads up, might be a good idea to join the discusison, contribute an important voice to the discussion. Upcoming meetings:

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| Dec 20, 07

Asfolks in New Orleans are fighting to keep public housing alive, and as we here of the attacks on protesters by police today in New Orleans during a city council meeting,here is some info on what the fight is really about.

Erika

Click on any link below.

Save New Orleans public housing

New Orleans Indymedia

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merkin
| Dec 15, 07

City of Philadelphia City of Philadelphia - 1 - City Council Chief Clerk's Office 402 City Hall Philadelphia, PA 19107 BILL NO. 071005 Introduced November 15, 2007 Councilmembers Clarke, DiCicco and Blackwell Referred to the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless AN ORDINANCE Amending Title 7 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Housing Code," by adding a new Chapter establishing inclusionary affordable housing requirements, by requiring that certain developments, consisting of a certain number of dwelling units, provide a certain percentage of those units for affordable housing or provide other options for affordable housing, all under certain terms and conditions.

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| Dec 12, 07

My apologies if this isn't the appropriate use of this blog, but I'm writing an article about the Don't Tax Me Out campaign for the next issue of the Defenestrator (www.defenestrator.org), probably due out in January. I'd like to talk to some folks about the history of the campaign (when it began and how, what has happened since)and any upcoming plans/events/actions that could use some publicity. You can email me at seacandace@yahoo.com or call 215-294-6239. Thanks in advance.

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| Nov 14, 07

Students of PASCEP is seeking help in finding a space for a class project, showing a film, All for the taking, about eminent domain in Philadelphia and have a discussion, Min 20 to Max 50 person for 2 hours on a Saturday Raymond

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Rachel
| Nov 08, 07

A New York Times report on a conference about New York City and whether gentrification will kill what the city has been known for. The comment section is quite lively. New York Calling

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Stefana
| Nov 03, 07

Don’t Tax Me Out Campaign Calls on City Council to Enact Community Protection Plan

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| Oct 23, 07

Don’t Tax Me Out Campaign Calls on City Council to Enact Community Protection Plan

Time and Location: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:00 pm West Side of City Hall

In 2008 the city will move to full market valuation. Proponents believe that this move will make the tax system more fair and equal. However, a coalition of neighborhood and residents associations is very concerned that if full valuation goes forward without a plan in place to protect residents, especially low-income residents and senior citizens, this plan could have a widespread impact of forcing people out of their homes, especially in neighborhoods where property values have risen dramatically.

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