Philly Charity Receives Permits For 70-Unit Center City Affordable Housing Complex
A longstanding Philadelphia charity providing meals and shelter to the city’s homeless population plans to build an entirely affordable apartment complex in Center City.
Philly House, previously known as Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, obtained a zoning permit to construct a 70-unit building on the site of a surface parking lot on Vine between Broad and 13th streets, JackPhillyRE first reported.
The charity is set to receive $1.85M of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, the outlet reported. The plan calls for 18 units to be affordable to renters making up to 20% of the area median income, nine units for those making up to 30% of AMI, and 43 units for those making up to 50% of AMI.
The permit issued Dec. 10 calls for an attached structure with two residential roof decks and structured parking on the first floor, including 15 spaces for cars and 18 for bikes.
Philly House, which formed in 1878, is also working on updates to its welcome center, according to an October social media post. The organization’s patrons have long used an entrance on Pearl Street, which is more of an alleyway. Philly House’s updated welcome center will allow them to walk into a newly renovated lobby on 13th Street instead.
The property is near the campus previously occupied by Hahnemann University Hospital, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019.
Several of those buildings on the corner of Broad and Race streets were auctioned off to Dwight City Group for $16.25M in October. The company plans to build 288 units alongside amenities like a coworking space on adjacent parking, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
