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The Philadelphia Land Bank is a mess. What is Mayor Parker’s plan to fix it?

“Mayor Parker has laid out a bold vision of 30,000 units of housing, and the only way that works is if we have a functioning and fast moving Land Bank,” said Aren Platt, one of Parker’s top advisers.

The Philadelphia Land Bank was created in 2013 to help the city move its vacant land into productive use and acquire abandoned private land. Neglected properties can draw illegal dumping and littering, as seen along 29th Street earlier this year in Strawberry Mansion.
The Philadelphia Land Bank was created in 2013 to help the city move its vacant land into productive use and acquire abandoned private land. Neglected properties can draw illegal dumping and littering, as seen along 29th Street earlier this year in Strawberry Mansion.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer