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Podcast: The NeoLiberal Round
Episode: “A Packed Church, Empty Solutions: Philadelphia’s Housing Crisis and the Limits of Old Thinking”
Description: Yesterday, POWER convened a housing affordability assembly at Mother Bethel A.M.E. The sanctuary was full—overflowing, really—with more than 1,000 people from across Philadelphia, representing churches, faith communities, and concerned residents gathered under one shared anxiety: a city in the grip of a housing crisis.Rising rents. Shrinking housing stock. A looming reduction in federal funding as Washington signals cuts to already strained city budgets. The moment demanded boldness.Several elected officials were present. Isaiah Thomas attended, along with one at-large City Council member and a representative for a district council member, all there to listen, respond, and...