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Housing · Completed

Holmes School

5429-55 CHESTNUT ST

Council district
District 3
Developer / applicant
Neighborhood Restoration
Funding source
City of Philadelphia
Total units
42
Affordable units
42
Completion
Jan 1, 1970
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Jamie Gauthier
District 3 · D
215-686-0454
City Hall Room 580
588 projects in this district
3367 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
The Generationals of Philadelphia - Cobbs Creek
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Vandelyn Waring
2672070330
Meets: 221 S. 60th Street Philadelphia PA. 19143
Neighborhood context (census tract 008500)
Median income
$45,397
Renter occupied
61.49%
Rent burdened
50.69%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
6,515
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit

Displacement signal

L&I demolition permits, last 3 yrs, within 400m

Philly doesn't publish eviction filings, so this uses demolition permits as the closest proxy for housing stock loss in the immediate area. 11 permits found.

5529 WALNUT STNov 20, 2025
19 N 56TH STSep 30, 2025
9-17 N 56TH STSep 10, 2025
5319 LUDLOW STMar 11, 2025
36 S RUBY STDec 17, 2024
13 S CONESTOGA STSep 9, 2024
11 S CONESTOGA STSep 3, 2024
5563 CHANCELLOR STAug 23, 2024
51 N RUBY STJul 17, 2024
5315-27 MARKET STApr 5, 2024
125 S PEACH STFeb 2, 2024

Recent transfers within 200m

Block-level acquisition pattern. 4 transactions in the immediate area.

5324 CHESTNUT ST
HILL LOUISE;DAVIS PEGGY → DAVIS PEGGY
Jan 9, 2026
$5,000
40 S 55TH ST
THIRD FEW UNITS LLC → HAMADU ANEHRU E
Oct 29, 2025
$232,000
5425 MARKET ST
5425 MARKET LLC → SIGNED WITH LOVE LLC
Oct 20, 2025
$60,000
42 S 55TH ST
ROOKS JOSEPH;ROOKS CHERYL;ROOKS LAWRENCE HERBERT ESTATE OF;ROOKS LAWRENCE H ESTATE OF → BEGUM ZUSNA
Sep 12, 2025
$147,000
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 5:15:41 PM
Affordable Housing Production
City of Philadelphia / DHCD

Updated quarterly. fiscal_year_complete is sometimes just a year (2018) which we fold to Jan 1. No AMI breakdown. No council district on the source record (we backfill via spatial join). Older projects may be missing addresses.

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