Philadelphia Housing Authority
| Philadelphia Housing Authority
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| legal form | Public Agency |
| founding | 1937 |
| Seat | Philadelphia |
| management | Estelle Richman |
| Number of employees | 1406 |
| Branch | Housing industry |
| Website | www.pha.phila.gov |
The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) is a settlement company based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Today it is the largest landowner in Pennsylvania and the fourth largest housing association in the United States, with homes for 80,000 people.
financing
The Philadelphia Housing Authority has an annual budget of 371 million US dollars . Most of this budget comes from the United States Department of Construction and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act . Further money comes from rental income and other government grants.
particularities
- The PHA-funded documentary A Place to Live was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1941 .
- The oldest building is Hill Creek in northeast Philadelphia, built by the government in 1938 as a tenement house. The first custom property, Johnson Homes in North Philadelphia, was built in October 1940.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About PHA. Official website, accessed January 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Funding. Official website, accessed January 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Fact Sheet. (PDF; 246 kB) Official website, accessed January 14, 2013 .