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Emaleigh Doley

Germantown United CDC Announces Organizational Strategic Plan

Germantown United CDC released the organization’s five-year strategic plan in September 2018. This new plan will serve as a roadmap and tool for assessing progress, and will help prioritize and advance the organization’s work in Northwest Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood now through the year 2023. The year-long planning process helped Germantown United CDC’s leadership to step back and examine where we are, where we want to go, and how to get there. We have sharpened the organization’s mission, assessed program activities,…

Free First-time Homebuyer Workshops in Germantown

Beginning in September 2018, Germantown United CDC will increase its work around affordable housing and homeownership. We are committed to bringing new housing counseling services to the neighborhood, and connecting residents with existing resources in Germantown and nearby, including pre-purchase and home-ownership counseling, foreclosure prevention, anti-predatory lending education, financial counseling, and a renter assistance referral system. GUCDC now offers a FREE monthly First-time Homebuyer workshop in through a partnership with Mt. Airy USA. The first workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, September 11 at 5:30pm at GUCDC’s office, located at 5320 Germantown Ave (at the corner of W Penn St). Visit our Housing Counseling Services page to register and learn more.

Response to Lower Germantown Blight and Housing Threat Before the PRA

In February of 2018, Germantown United CDC became aware that the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA) was considering a proposal to refinance $3.3 million in loans­––with forgiveness of all back taxes, all utility liens, and all late penalties and interest accumulated over a 25-year period––on 50+ properties concentrated in lower Germantown (an estimated 140+ units of housing).

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