Report : Residential Taxes: A Narrowing Gap Between Philadelphia and its Suburbs
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative finds that the city of Philadelphia is now more competitive with its Pennsylvania and New Jersey suburban neighbors when it...
View ArticleReport : The Impact of the Fiscal Cliff on the States
The state impact of the fiscal cliff’s expiring federal tax provisions and scheduled spending cuts is missing from the national discussion. This study finds that the effects on the states vary greatly...
View ArticlePress Release : Pew: “Fiscal Cliff” to Impact States’ Budgets
The “fiscal cliff,” a series of expiring federal tax provisions and scheduled spending cuts set to take effect in January 2013, will directly affect state budgets according to a new report, The Impact...
View ArticleReport : Innovate, Manufacture, Compete: A Clean Energy Plan
The clean energy industry is gathering momentum around the world. Innovation and investment are helping to reduce the cost of solar, wind, and other emerging technologies. Countries and companies are...
View ArticleReport : Philadelphia and Other Big Cities Struggle to Find Uses for Closed...
Shuttered Public Schools: The Struggle to Bring Old Buildings New Life looks at what happens to the buildings themselves, studying the experiences of Philadelphia and 11 other cities that have...
View ArticleReport : How Borrowers Choose and Repay Payday Loans
For someone in need of quick cash, a payday loan can look like a way to avoid asking loved ones for help or getting into long-term debt. But these loans usually prove unaffordable, leaving borrowers in...
View ArticleReport : Philadelphia 2013: The State of the City
This annual study presents a multi-dimensional, fact-based portrait of America’s fifth-largest city through 81 graphics and interactive charts. It compares Philadelphia to a group of nine other major...
View ArticleReport : AVI: The Shift in the Tax Burden
As proposed, the Actual Value Initiative (AVI), Philadelphia’s sweeping property tax overhaul, is revenue neutral. The plan is to raise the same amount of revenue through real estate taxes, $1.2...
View ArticleReport : Delinquent Property Tax in Philadelphia: Stark Challenges and...
As Philadelphia embarks on a new system to assess and tax real estate, the city’s longstanding problem with property tax delinquency has taken on new urgency. Property owners whose taxes are projected...
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