A $1.7 million grant from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will support the construction of 40 affordable homes on a mostly vacant and blighted block in North Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood.

The grant was awarded to the Women's Community Revitalization Project, one of the city's leading developers of affordable housing. It will bring three buildings to a group of lots at 513-533 W. Cumberland St., a neighborhood where 42% of residents earn less than $25,000 per year, PolicyMap data show.

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The project calls for two one-bedroom units, 23 two-bedroom units and 15 three-bedroom units, including 10 homes reserved for people with physical disabilities. Tenants will be supported by project-ba

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