Mayor Parker $6.8 Billion Budget Passes City Council with Focus on Housing

City Council approves Mayor Parker's $6.8 billion 2026 budget. See what's in it for businesses, public safety and SEPTA

City Council approved Mayor Cherelle Parker's $6.8 billion budget for 2026 during Thursday's meeting. The final plan wasn't drastically different from the $6.7 billion proposal made in March, with both including gradual tax cuts for businesses and funding for public safety efforts.

City Council passes budget, Parker’s housing plan – Metro Philadelphia

Mayor Cherelle Parker celebrated the passage of her second city budget Thursday afternoon, after lawmakers approved a spending-and-tax plan along with a measure to borrow $800 million to fund her housing initiative. The budget – totaling about $13.4 billion across operating and capital expenses – invests in many of the same priorities she has pursued since taking office in January 2024, including block cleaning programs, extended-day/extended-ye…

Philadelphia's City Council passes $6.8 billion budget with ambitious housing plan

Philadelphia City Council voted 15-1 Thursday to pass a $6.82 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Mayor Parker $6.8 billion budget passes City Council with focus on housing

Mayor Cherelle Parker wins approval for her $6.8 billion budget which includes borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars to tackle the city’s housing crisis.

Inside Mayor Parker’s $2B plan to create and preserve 30K housing units

The $2 billion plan — the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative — is rooted in creating and preserving 30,000 units of housing, and is backed by a massive bond.

Mayor Parker’s $2 Billion H.O.M.E. plan to tackle housing & climate change - Green Philly

Here’s how the city plans to retrofit the aging housing stock and support existing repair programs. Philadelphia is facing two challenges: the need to increase affordable housing and mitigate the effects of climate change, which include increased temperatures and precipitation.... The post Mayor Parker’s $2 Billion H.O.M.E. plan to tackle housing & climate change appeared first on Green Philly.