Resources for Housing
Links to Countywide & Regional Resources
- Chester County Affordable Housing Programs
- Housing Partnership of Chester County
- Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia
- Don't Borrow Trouble Suburban Philadelphia
Links to Statewide Resources
- The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
- Pennsylvania Downtown Center
- Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Links to Federal Resources
Links to Workforce Housing
- Montgomery County, PA -Workforce Housing Resources
- National Association of Realtors, Housing Opportunity Program
- National Association of Home Builders
Links to Adaptive Re-Use & Redevelopment
Links to General Resources
- Brownfields Center
- National Main Street Center
- Downtown Research and Development Center
- Harvard University Research Reports
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
Chester County Housing Costs Profile 2009 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Displays housing prices data on three aggregate levels: county, sub-county regions, and municipalities. Based on information from Chester County assessment office records. Available in PDF and Flipbook format.
New Housing Units 2005-2009 (PDF, 1 MB)
Formerly "new residential units," this edition shows the number of new housing units that were added in 2008 and 2009 and totals from 2005 to 2009 by municipality in four categories of housing types.
The Why, Where, and How of Affordable Homes (PDF, 1 MB)
Chester County 2020 has released the 2007 Under One Roof 2 report on housing entitled "The Why, Where and How of Affordable Homes" from the April 19th conference.
Combatting Problems of Vacant and Abandoned Properties (PDF, 196 KB)
Prepared by City Policy Associates, Washington, D.C. for The United States Conference of Mayors, June 2006.
Property Reuse: Realizing the Value for Communities (PDF, 822 KB)
Power point presentation by Lavea Brachman of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, January 26, 2006.
Vacant Properties in Baltimore: Strategies for Reuse (PDF, 187 KB)
By Eric Friedman, January 18, 2003. Submitted for the Abell Foundation Award in Urban Policy.
Affordable Housing Developers Focus Group (PDF, 83.7 KB)
In 2004, the Chester County Department of Community Development conducted a series of public participation events as part of developing the County's 5-year Consolidated Plan. Several of the focus group sessions addressed housing issues, and offer some valuable insights for Landscapes2.
Not In My Back Yard - Fair Housing for Elected
and Appointed Officials (PPT, 143 KB)
Sarah Pratt, a national Fair Housing advocate and educator, offers an overview of Fair Housing principles and how to overcome opposition to affordable housing.
Addressing Community Opposition to Affordable Housing:
A Fair Housing Toolkit (PDF, 1.17 MB)
Provided by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania with funding from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), to give developers a working knowledge of fair housing in a form they can use.
