<p>In-depth reports and briefs provide impartial information and analysis of complex and important issues, often comparing Philadelphia to other cities and illuminating front-and-center issues.</p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx <span>How well do you know Philadelphia by the numbers? Go ahead and test yourself by taking our short 12-question quiz</span>. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail_wide.aspx?id=85899468215&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=Take the Philadelphia State of the City Quiz&WT.z_contenttype=Report As proposed, the Actual Value Initiative (AVI), Philadelphia’s sweeping property tax overhaul, is revenue neutral. The plan is to raise the same amount of revenue through real estate taxes, $1.2 billion, in 2014 as in 2013. Mon, 13 May 2013 17:25:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899474030&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=AVI: The Shift in the Tax Burden&WT.z_contenttype=Report As a result of the property tax overhaul known as the Actual Value Initiative (AVI), residential property will account for a greater share of Philadelphia's total property value—and thus the property tax burden—in 2014 than in 2013, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:53 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899475832&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=The Pew Charitable Trusts - Newsroom&WT.rss_a=Pew Study Finds Residential Property Would Account for a Greater Share of Property Tax Burden Under Actual Value Initiative&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease Nearly 200 concerned Philadelphians came to the Pennsylvania Convention Center on May 3 to hear elected officials, academics, economists, and business leaders talk about the city's tax structure, its impact on the local economy, and ideas for reforming it. Fri, 03 May 2013 15:51:20 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899473678&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=Event Summary: Philadelphia Taxes: Past, Present, Future&WT.z_contenttype=Report Philadelphia is becoming a test case for a new theory of American urban development. Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:41:33 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899463487&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=A New Excitement About Philly&WT.z_contenttype=OpinionEditorial <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><font size="2">This annual study presents a multi-dimensional, fact-based portrait of America’s fifth-largest city through 81 graphics and interactive charts. It compares Philadelphia to a group of nine other major cities on household income, crime, educational attainment, public transit use, cost of living, poverty, and more. It also provides a neighborhood-by-neighborhood look at income, poverty, home sales, crime and ethnic diversity in Philadelphia. </font></span></p> <p> </p> Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail_wide.aspx?id=85899461859&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=Philadelphia 2013: The State of the City&WT.z_contenttype=Report Since the beginning of the new century, Philadelphia's residential tax burden, measured as a percentage of income, has been falling while taxes have risen in many suburbs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, reversing a long-term trend and making the city more competitive with its neighboring communities. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:32:56 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899457086&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=New Insights Into Philadelphia Taxes (Winter 2013 Trust Magazine)&WT.z_contenttype=Summary <p>If plans move forward to shut one in six Philadelphia schools, what happens to the discarded buildings?</p> <p>A newly-released examination of other big-city school districts' closures by the Pew Charitable Trust shows that charter schools are likely to snap up some of the buildings. Pew found that more than 40 percent of cities' closed buildings were re-used by charters.</p> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:35:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899450790&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=When Philly schools close, what happens to the buildings?&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle In the dozen cities the Pew Charitable Trusts reviewed, some 327 schools were sitting idle last year and for sale. That means those properties — typically nestled in residential neighborhoods — are costing districts that still have to keep them secure, insured and heated. Meanwhile, the financially strapped districts are not collecting taxes on some prime real estate to fund the schools that do survive. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:31:05 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899450789&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Reports and Briefs&WT.rss_a=Cities have hundreds of empty schools for sale, often sell for far less than value&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx