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In 1908, the William Sutton Trust, established by philanthropist William Richard Sutton, purchased the area. [1] [2] They demolished the houses and built 14 red-brick residential buildings, designed by architect E.C.P. Monson, for social housing. [1] [2] The buildings, which housed 2,200 people in 764 apartments, were completed in 1913. [1] [2]
The group was formed as Circle Anglia when Circle 33 Housing Group and Anglia Housing Group merged in 2005. [12] Circle owns and manages more than 63,500 homes, including supported and sheltered housing, for more than 200,000 people across the UK, and employs over 2,200 staff. The Circle Housing Group has 12 partners.
On March 19, 2016 the Philadelphia Housing Authority demolished the Blumberg Apartments' two 18-story family housing towers. [32] The 108 low rise homes were demolished shortly after. [10] In December 2019 the PHA opened 83 prefabricated low rise apartments built using modular wood frame construction techniques.
Public housing in Philadelphia is a significant portion of the overall housing stock in Philadelphia. Most public housing is operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority . On average, a Philadelphia public housing development is 69% African American, 26% Hispanic, and 5% White and other.
Elfreth's Alley is today the product of cycles of urban renewal and decay, and historic preservation efforts. The alley is a tourist attraction and a rare surviving example of 18th-century working-class housing stock. The site stands in sharp contrast to the more frequently preserved grand mansion houses of Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood.
The Carl Mackley Houses, also originally known as Juniata Park Housing, is a private apartment complex in the Juniata neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Built in 1933–1934 as single-family apartments, it opened in 1935.
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By 1941, the Pembroke project was finished and contained 202 units of low-income public housing and it was the first such project in the city. By the early 1950s, the Bethlehem Housing Authority purchased additional adjoining lands, including an 86-acre (350,000 m 2) farm to build additional affordable housing in the area. Between 1952 and 1962 ...