Letters at Lunchtime 8/7 (Virtual)

🍽️ Grab your lunch and write Mayor Parker to Save the Neighborhood Restorations Homes 🏠

We’re running out of time to save the affordable homes of over 3,000 people in West and Southwest Philadelphia, but the City has the ability to solve this crisis. We'll write handwritten (best!) or digital (good) letters to urge the Mayor to act.

📜 Background:

According to our friends at One PA West/Southwest Rising, The Parker administration has the power to direct the City to spend only $30 million over 5 years ($6 million/year) to purchase the Neighborhood Restorations (N.R.) homes, stewarding them to affordable housing providers or reselling them to residents who wish to buy. Yet, the City has been slow to act.

As of July 1, 2026, some of the N.R. homes became eligible for sale without affordability protection. If the 925 N.R. homes are released to the private market, it will trigger…