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Department of Planning and Development

Creating strong neighborhoods with empowered residents.

Department of Planning and Development

What we do

The Department of Planning and Development works in collaboration with communities to promote, plan, preserve, and develop successful neighborhoods for all.

Reaching these goals requires city agencies to work together with residents, businesses, developers, advocates, funders, and each other. Planning and Development has a team of agencies that do just that. Our agencies include:

We also partner with the PHDC.

Together we are charting a vibrant future for our city.

Connect

Address
1515 Arch St.
13th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Email planning@phila.gov
Phone
TTY: (215) 683-0286
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Announcements

DHCD Public Hearing Needs Assessment and CAPER

The City of Philadelphia’s Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will conduct two public hearings (in-person or virtual) to provide the residents of Philadelphia with an opportunity to comment on neighborhood housing and community development needs and the 2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), which covers all activities completed or in progress during the period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. These comments are solicited as part of DHCD’s planning process for fiscal year 2027. Residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties are invited to offer comments on the HOPWA portions of the CAPER. This public hearing is the next step in preparing the Annual Action Plan for Year 52, which will allocate federal and state funding.To view the full details, please click here.

The CAPER is available online at https://www.phila.gov/documents/five-year-consolidated-plan-annual-action-plans-and-reports/. Hard copies of the CAPER or CDBG Financial Summary Report are available by appointment only. Please email mirta.duprey@phila.gov.

The In-Person CAPER/Needs Assessment Hearing will be held on:

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 2-5 p.m.* at 1234 Market St., 17th Floor
NOTE: Attendees need an ID to  enter the building.  Please register to attend by emailing mirta.duprey@phila.gov.

The Virtual CAPER/Needs Assessment Hearing will be held on:

Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 6-8 p.m.*
TO REGISTER: Click Here
NOTE: Please use the registration link to indicate whether a sign language interpreter will be required.

To testify at either hearing you MUST REGISTER by emailing mirta.duprey@phila.gov by Friday, March 6th.  Those unable to participate may email written, signed comments by Monday, March 16th, 2026 to saundra.malanowicz@phila.gov  or you can mail them to the following address:

DHCD Communications Department
1234 Market St., 17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
RE: Hearings

 

Events

  • Mar
    11
    Philadelphia Art Commission meeting
    9:30 am to 2:00 pm
    One Parkway Building, 1515 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA

    Philadelphia Art Commission meeting

    March 11, 2026
    9:30 am to 2:00 pm, 5 hours
    One Parkway Building, 1515 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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    Agenda, meeting materials, and instructions for participation are posted to the Art Commission website ahead of each meeting:
    https://www.phila.gov/departments/philadelphia-art-commission/public-meetings/
  • Mar
    13
    Historical Commission monthly meeting
    9:00 am to 2:00 pm
    1515 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA

    Historical Commission monthly meeting

    March 13, 2026
    9:00 am to 2:00 pm, 5 hours
    1515 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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    The Historical Commission will hold its Friday, March 13, 2026 meeting in person at 1515 Arch Street, 18th Floor, Room 18-029. Applicants, property owners, and the public may attend the meeting in person at 1515 Arch Street, or remotely on the Zoom platform using your computer, tablet, smartphone, or telephone.

    The meeting agenda, applications, nomination materials, and recent meeting minutes are available on the Historical Commission's Public Meetings page. The Historical Commission will consider adopting the minutes of its most recent meeting at the upcoming meeting. The advisory committee minutes are not formally adopted, but are considered drafts until reviewed by the Historical Commission at the meeting.

    To watch the meeting live on Zoom using your computer, tablet, or smartphone, click on the following link on March 13.
    Link: March 13, 2026 meeting
    Meeting Password: 200033

    To listen to the meeting live on the telephone, call this number on March 13.
    Telephone Number: 267-831-0333
    Meeting ID: 811 4600 8029#
    Participant ID: #
    Meeting Password: 200033#

    To offer written comments prior to the meeting, send an email to preservation@phila.gov. Written comments received before noon one business day prior to the meeting will be forwarded to the Commission members.

    After the meeting, you can watch a recording of the meeting (and other earlier meetings) on the Recordings page of the Historical Commission's website.

    For more information on the meeting, see the FAQs for Historical Commission's Meeting.
  • Mar
    18
    Historical Commission Committee on Historic Designation meeting
    9:30 am to 2:00 pm
    Zoom

    Historical Commission Committee on Historic Designation meeting

    March 18, 2026
    9:30 am to 2:00 pm, 5 hours
    Zoom
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