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Housing · Completed

Center City Affordability Initiative

1237 BELMONT AVE

Preservation (occupied)

Council district
District 3
Developer / applicant
Mission First Housing Group
Funding source
City of Philadelphia
Total units
29
Affordable units
29
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
West Philadelphia Community Development Corporation
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Charles Simmons, Sr
2673796356
Meets: Christ Community Baptist Church 1224 N. 41st Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Neighborhood context (census tract 011000)
Median income
$14,983
Renter occupied
67.21%
Rent burdened
62.83%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
2,729
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk
Housing · Completed
Thompson/Walnut Initiative
Zoning · Approved
Zoning: Zoning Permit
Housing · Completed
4200 Stiles
Housing · Completed
Belmont Affordable II
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. 13 permits found.

4304 PARKSIDE AVEJan 2, 2026
956 N 43RD STMay 22, 2025
1006 N 45TH STMay 15, 2025
4177 LEIDY AVEJan 16, 2025
4157 W GIRARD AVEOct 21, 2024
1221 BELMONT AVESep 16, 2024
4272 PARKSIDE AVEJul 30, 2024
4274 PARKSIDE AVEJul 30, 2024
1238-46 BELMONT AVEJun 14, 2024
4266 PARKSIDE AVEMay 23, 2024
4264 PARKSIDE AVEMay 23, 2024
4270 PARKSIDE AVEMay 23, 2024

Recent transfers within 200m

Block-level acquisition pattern. 5 transactions in the immediate area.

4207 LEIDY AVE
AKELE TILAHUN → NEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS TRUST
Feb 18, 2026
$55,000
4206 VIOLA ST
ONEKEYHOMES PHL LLC;ONE KEY HOMES PHL LLC → MARTIN GREGORY
Sep 29, 2025
$275,000
4212 W THOMPSON ST
JL PROPERTIES INVESTMENT LLC → TOP TIER REAL ESTATE LLC
Sep 29, 2025
$60,000
4204 W THOMPSON ST
MITCHELL DINNIE → ANDJOL KURTAJ ISA DALIPAJ
Sep 17, 2025
$36,500
4203 LEIDY AVE
RUBIN STANTON → PHILADELPHIA LAND BANK
Sep 2, 2025
$14,000
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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