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Land banking originated in the 1920s and 1930s as a means of making low-priced land available for housing and ensuring orderly development. [2] The period of deindustrialization in the United States coupled with increased suburbanization in the middle of the 20th century left many American cities with large amounts of vacant and blighted industrial, residential, and commercial property.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) is a municipal authority providing Public housing services in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] It is the fourth-largest housing authority in the United States and is the largest landlord in Pennsylvania. [2] PHA houses over 76,000 people in the city of Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh used the two-rate system from 1913 to 2001 [21] when a countywide property reassessment led to a drastic increase in assessed land values during 2001 after years of underassessment, and the system was abandoned in favor of the traditional single-rate property tax. The tax on land in Pittsburgh was about 5.77 times the tax on ...
The United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 12 combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 20 micropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania. [1]
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Land Title Building data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1514, "Land Title Bank and Trust Company, 100–118 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
Joshua H. Morris, a conveyancer in Philadelphia, and several colleagues met on 28 March 1876 to incorporate the first title insurance company to address the issue.The new firm, they stated, would "insure the purchasers of real estate and mortgages against losses from defective titles, liens and encumbrances," and that "through these facilities, transfer of real estate and real estate ...
The bank was founded in Philadelphia on September 8, 1803, as The Philadelphia Bank. George Clymer was the bank's first president. Later, the bank became known as Philadelphia National Bank, or PNB. During the early years of the United States, Philadelphia developed as the banking center of the country.