At a hearing to help get Mayor Cherelle Parker's Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative over the finish line, City Council members questioned if the program is doing enough to prioritize Philly's poorest residents.

The H.O.M.E. plan is a four-year, $2 billion investment to support affordable housing by building new units and repairing old ones. On Wednesday, officials testified in the Committee of the Whole about the $195 million spending plan to fund 27 initiatives in the program's first year. MORE: Sonder closes its Philly rental properties as it abruptly goes out of business

Much of the dissent hung on the use of the area median income to determine eligibility. In the Philadelphia region, the AMI is $119,400 annually for a family of four. Parker's administration h

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