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The two big questions City Council must answer about new land bank proposals | Opinion

People expect a process they can trust – in drawing political maps, in casting ballots, and in managing city land. And people tend to trust that which they can see and understand.

Philadelphians are forced to walk through blighted neighborhoods, which a land bank bill signed into law in January is meant to help eliminate. City Council President Darrell Clarke needs the land bank to be operational soon if he is going to build 1,500 housing units in two years.
Philadelphians are forced to walk through blighted neighborhoods, which a land bank bill signed into law in January is meant to help eliminate. City Council President Darrell Clarke needs the land bank to be operational soon if he is going to build 1,500 housing units in two years.Read moreAssociated Press/File
    by Pat Christmas, For the Inquirer
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