Philadelphia Front Page News TV-Radio News In Brief: Parker moves Philadelphia housing plan along with an executive order — but still no details Forward news by KYW Newsradio frontpagenews1@yahoo.com
Above: Mayor Cherelle Parker signs an executive order creating an advisory panel to recommend how to streamline the process of creating 30,000 new units of housing in the next three years.
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Mayor Cherelle Parker has taken another step toward her promise to create 30,000 units of new or renovated housing in the next three years. But she still has no specific plans for reaching her goal.
Parker on Wednesday signed an executive order creating an advisory panel to recommend ways to streamline the building and preservation of high-quality housing. She also announced the appointment of Chicago housing official Angela Brooks to the new position of chief housing and urban development officer.
Parker says she’s actually been working on her housing initiative since before her term started.
“We convened industry experts through our housing transition team, which developed a policy paper to guide the early actions of the administration,” she said.
