Mayor’s H.O.M.E. Initiative’s HOME-OP Report and Related Documents
Mayor’s H.O.M.E. Initiative’s HOME-OP Report and Related Documents
To help us achieve 30,000 units of housing, Mayor Parker charged the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) with engaging internal and external stakeholders to review existing development approval processes and policies and provide concrete, data-driven recommendations for reform. This effort will be referred to as the HOME-OP Plan to differentiate it from the overall H.O.M.E. Initiative to create and preserve 30,000 units of housing. The “OP” in HOME-OP stands for “Optimization.”
Below is the initial report to the Mayor pursuant to Mayor’s Executive Order 3-25, compiling stakeholder recommendations for promoting affordable luxury and reducing the time, cost, and uncertainty of developing housing in the City of Philadelphia. Additional Department of Planning and Development documents related to the HOME-OP Plan and follow up HOME-OP reports to the Mayor will be added to this page as they are published.
On June 12, 2025, City Council passed four bills that operationalize recommendations in the HOME-OP Plan. The certified copies of these bills are available on this page.
Certified copy of legislation to create a new RTA-2 zoning district allowing two-family rowhomes to reduce the need for zoning variances legalizing such homes.
Certified copy of legislation to reduce parking requirements in order to increase flexibility, decrease costs, and encourage higher density residential development in the city’s transit-rich core by relaxing current requirements for including parking in such developments.
Certified copy of legislation to make technical improvements to the Code by clarifying provisions throughout the Zoning Code that stakeholders have identified as confusing or incorrect.
Certified copy of legislation to standardize zoning by simplify residential development in the Fifth Councilmanic District by removing zoning restrictions unique to the district, thereby bringing it into alignment with zoning citywide.
Supports implementation of HOME-OP Recommendation 4.4, relating to expedited review of affordable housing projects in eCLIPSE. Applicants submit this form to eCLIPSE when marking their project as affordable.
