Philly’s next city budget will fund University City affordable housing, library upgrades, and Mural Arts

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The city will contribute $14 million to redevelop part of the site of the U.C. Townhomes, a former affordable housing complex on the 3900 block of Market Street that a private landlord closed.

Philly’s next city budget will fund University City affordable housing, library upgrades, and Mural Arts

“What I was surprised about with this body — Council is frugal,” Jones said. “They’re not big spenders. If you look at those individual requests, they were modest.” Here are some highlights of the provisions that Council added to the next city budget, which takes effect July 1: The budget also includes $1 million each for the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and the Dell Music Center, double the investment Parker had initially proposed.The budget now includes $7 million in funding to support parents who work for the city, a priority advocated by Council Majority LeaderOf that, $6 million will be used to support the expansion of paid parental leave for city employees from six weeks to 10.

 

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