Public housing in Philadelphia

Public housing in Philadelphia is a significant portion of the overall housing stock in Philadelphia. Most public housing is operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority. On average, a Philadelphia public housing development is 69% African American, 26% Hispanic, and 5% White and other.

List of public housing projects

• Abbottsford Homes North Philadelphia
• Arch Homes West Philadelphia
• Bartram Village Homes Southwest Philadelphia
• Cambridge Homes North Philadelphia (demolished)
• Carl Mackley Houses, Juniata (now privately owned apartments)
• Cecil B. Moore Homes North Philadelphia
• Champlost Homes Germantown
• 8 Diamonds (AME) North Philadelphia
• Fairhill Homes North Philadelphia
• Falls Ridge Homes East Falls
• Haddington Homes West Philadelphia
• Harrison Homes North Philadelphia
• Haverford Homes West Philadelphia
• Hill Creek Apartments located in Northeast Philadelphia
• James W. Johnson Homes North Philadelphia, in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood
• Liddonfield Homes Northeast Philadelphia (fully demolished)
• Lucien E. Blackwell Homes West Philadelphia
• Mantua Hall Homes West Philadelphia (demolished)
• Martin Luther King Homes South Philadelphia (demolished)
• Mill Creek Plaza West Philadelphia (demolished)
• Morton Homes Germantown, Philadelphia
• Norman Blumberg Apartments North Philadelphia (partially demolished)
• Norris Homes North Philadelphia (apartment tower demolished)
• Oxford Village Homes Northeast Philadelphia
• Paschall Homes Southwest Philadelphia (demolished)
• Passyunk Homes South Philadelphia (demolished)
• Queen Lane Apartments Germantown (demolished)
• Raymond Rosen Homes North Philadelphia (demolished)
• Richard Allen Homes North Philadelphia (demolished)
• Richard Allen II North Philadelphia
• Riverview Courts South Philadelphia
• Schuylkill Falls Homes East Falls (demolished)
• Sen. Herbert Arlene Homes North Philadelphia
• Southwark Plaza South Philadelphia (partially demolished)
• Spring Garden Homes North Philadelphia
• Tasker Homes South Philadelphia, in the Grays Ferry neighborhood (demolished, replaced by Greater Grays Ferry Estates)
• Westpark Homes West Philadelphia
• White Hall Commons (Red Brick) Northeast Philadelphia (Frankford)
• Wilson Park Homes South Philadelphia

See also

• Public housing
• Public housing in the United States

External links

• Philadelphia Housing Authority
• "The Housing Problem in Philadelphia : a Lecture / by George W. Norris, President of the Philadelphia Housing Commission, Digital Library@Villanova University"
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation:
  • HABS No. PA-6015, "Richard Allen Homes, Bounded by Poplar and Ninth Streets, Fairmount Avenue, and Twelfth Street", 36 photos, 26 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
  • HABS No. PA-6165, "Abbottsford Homes, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry, and Robert Avenues and Fox Street", 12 photos, 10 data pages, 6 photo caption pages