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Study Finds More People

Anew analysis by The Pew

Charitable Trusts’ Philadel-

phia Research Initiative

finds that the number of people mov-

ing into the city of Philadelphia has

increased steadily in recent years, ris-

ing at a faster rate than the number of

people moving out.

To be sure, more people still are leav-

ing the city than are arriving; that has

been the case in each of the 16 years

for which data was analyzed (1993 to

2008, the last year available). But the

net outflow to the suburbs and else-

where has been decreasing in recent

years, from a peak of 20,284 in 1995

to 9,846 in 2008. This has reduced the

magnitude of a six-decade-old trend

that was at the heart of the city’s long-

term population decline.

The report, Destination Philadelphia:Tracking the City’s Migration Trends,is based on data compiled by the In-

ternal Revenue Service, which tracks

year-to-year address changes by indi-

viduals who file tax returns.

“These changes in migration patterns

are significant, and they have gone

largely unnoticed,” said Larry Eichel,

project director of the Philadelphia

Research Initiative and the author of

the report. “Our main finding, that the

city has been losing fewer residents in

recent years, lends support to recent

estimates from the US Census indicat-

ing Philadelphia’s population has in-

creased slightly during the past

decade.”

A modest net outflow in the IRS mi-

gration data is not inconsistent with a

growing overall population, particu-

larly in a city such as Philadelphia

where births outnumber deaths. In ad-

dition, the IRS data do not capture for-

eign immigrants, who have helped

boost the city’s population.

The number of people moving into

Philadelphia has increased steadily,

from 31,837 in 1993 to 42,250 in

2008, up 33% over that period. The

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number of people moving out of the

city grew less rapidly, from 47,921 in

1993 to 52,096 in 2008.

The net outflow from Philadelphia to

the four Pennsylvania suburban coun-

ties—Bucks, Chester, Delaware and

Montgomery—was lower in 2008

than in any of the years studied, drop-

ping to 7,352 from a peak of 12,595 in

1999, a decline of 42%.

The net outflow from Philadelphia to

the three suburban New Jersey coun-

ties—Burlington, Camden and

Gloucester — has slowed to a trickle.

It stood at 1,031 in 2008, down 74%

from its recent peak of 4,029 in 2002.

The movement of people from

Philadelphia to those three counties in

2008 was the lowest in the period

studied, and the movement into the

city was the highest.

The overall churn in Philadelphia’s

population — the number of people

coming and going — has increased in

recent years. Even so, the city experi-

ences less population turnover from

year to year than many other major

urban jurisdictions. Based on the IRS

data, the total number of people com-

ing and going in 2008 amounted to

6.1% of the city’s population. The me-

dian for 15 selected large urban juris-

dictions was 8.3%.

Migration from New York City to

Philadelphia more than doubled dur-

ing the period studied, from 1,332 in

1993 to 3,100 in 2008, thereby sup-

porting the notion that Philadelphia

has become a haven for some New

Yorkers priced out of that city. But the

flow in the opposite direction in-

creased sharply during the past few

years, reducing the net in-flow from

New York to only 212 in 2008.

Some demographic analysts believe

that the recession has worked to the

benefit of Philadelphia and other

major cities—in terms of their retain-

ing population—by making it harder

for people to move. And there is his-

torical evidence to support that belief.

In any event, the overall trends de-

tailed in this report were in place be-

fore the downturn took hold.

As the analysis shows, about half of

the movement of people in and out of

Philadelphia involves locations within

the metropolitan area. Outside the re-

gion, New York City, Los Angeles

County, Cook County (Chicago) and

Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) are

high on the list of places to which

Philadelphians move and from which

they come, as is Puerto Rico. So, too,

are several Florida counties, as well as

counties in the northern New Jersey,

Baltimore, Boston and Washington,

DC, areas.

Moving Into PhiladelphiaThan Moving Out

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Important emergency mortgage re-

lief for unemployed homeowners

is on the way under a major new

Federal program authored by Con-

gressman Chaka Fattah (D-Phila.) and

unveiled at a news conference Tues-

day.

Fattah and Deputy Secretary Ron Sims

of the US Dept. of Housing & Urban

Development staged the announce-

ment.

Sims said Pennsylvania’s share of the

$1 billion Emergency Homeowners

Loan Program will be $105,804,905.

The national program, worth $1 bil-

lion, is being rolled out this week in

32 states and Puerto Rico.

Fattah, who welcomed HUD’s No. 2

official to the offices of Mount Airy

USA at 6703 Germantown Avenue, is

the author of the Emergency Home-

owners Loan Program in the Dodd-

Frank Wall Street Reform and

Consumer Protection Act, signed into

law by President Obama in August.

EHLP is modeled after the successful

Homeowners Emergency Mortgage

Assistance Program in Pennsylvania

that Fattah wrote and guided into law

as a young state legislator in 1983.

Fattah said, “This $105.8 million infu-

sion is a major investment in Pennsyl-

vania homeowners seeking emergency

mortgage relief and it is a resounding

vote of confidence in Pennsylvania’s own long-standing efforts with this kind of

program.”

Sims, the No. 2 official at HUD, credited Fattah as “the person who singlehand-

edly insisted on a course of action and got it done” to enact the new mortgage

relief law. “I want to thank Congressman Fattah for his help and his ideas,”

Sims said. Emergency mortgage relief, Sims said, “is on the table because of

him.”

Pennsylvania’s HEMAP is administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance

Agency, whose executive director Brian Hudson spoke at today’s news confer-

ence and cited the state’s success with the program over the past quarter century.

It has provided emergency assistance to more than 44,000 unemployed home-

owners with $470 million in loans. Taxpayers have repaid $257 million - more

than the $244 million in State appropriations that HEMAP has received.

HUD is finalizing regulations for the new national program and will designate

an agency that will administer funds within each state. HUD expects to begin

taking applications by the end of 2010.

Fattah said, “Millions of American homeowners, through no fault of their own,

have lost their jobs in the current economic downturn and have faced the loss of

their piece of the American dream. HEMAP is a proven success in Pennsylvania

and now we will show that it will work nationally. It will keep families in their

homes, providing emergency relief from foreclosure for those with a proven his-

tory for working and paying their mortgage.”

The new Federal program will offer a declining balance, deferred payment

“bridge loan” for up to $50,000 to assist eligible homeowners for up to 24

months. The loans will provide assistance with delinquent taxes and insurance

as well as the mortgage principal and interest. Eligible homeowners are gener-

ally those who have lost jobs or significant income, have previously been keep-

ing up with their mortgage but now face foreclosure.

Fattah, Sims and Hudson were joined by Mount Airy USA interim director

Jason Salus, who described how his non-profit and its housing counselors have

worked with homeowners facing foreclosure or mortgage distress to keep them

in their homes.

Fattah Gets More Dollars For Mortgage Relief

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Congressman Bob Brady

has coordinated with the

Phillies, FAA, and the US

Navy to arrange a fly-over before

Game 2 of the National League

Division Series between the

Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds

Friday night to show the city’s and

team’s appreciation for service

members serving around the

world.

Two F/A-18Cs from the Wildcats

of VFA-131 based at Naval Air

Station Oceana in Virginia Beach,

VA will be performing the fly-over.

The F/A-18 Hornet is the Navy’s

primary strike and fleet defense

aircraft, capable of carrying an

array of air-to-air missiles and air-

to-ground ordnance. It has just a

single pilot for its crew, but is sup-

ported ashore and on carriers

around the world by over 230

maintenance personnel in each

squadron, responsible for the up-

keep on as many as 12 aircraft.

The Philadelphia Branch of

the NAACP will hold its

2010 Freedom Gala on Fri-

day, Oct. 8th as they celebrate the

Elegance, Chic and Style of the

1940s. The festivities will talk

place at A.M.E.1st District Plaza,

3801 Market Street. It will include

awards, a fashion show and enter-

tainment by Kathy Sledge of Sister

Sledge.

This year’s gala offers the guest an

opportunity to imitate the fashion-

able ’40s with prizes to the best-

dressed couple and individuals

who capture the allure created by

such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke

Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Cab Cal-

loway and many more.

Reception will be held between 6

and 7 p.m. with dinner from 7 to

8:30 p.m. It will definitely be a

night to remember. This event is

sponsored by Philadelphia Coca

Cola Bottling Co.

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Year II of the School District

of Philadelphia’s Renais-

sance Schools Initiative offi-

cially began today with the release of

the Request for Qualifications to re-

cruit turnaround teams. The RFQ is

the initial document that turnaround

teams must submit in order to be pre-

qualified for the next step of the turn-

around team selection process.

The Renaissance Schools initiative is a

major reform program that is designed

to turn around the District’s low-per-

forming schools, by working with

school communities to recruit and se-

lect individuals and organizations that

have proven track records of operating

and supporting high-achieving

schools. The ultimate goal is to turn

underperforming schools into highly

effective schools that provide excep-

tional opportunities for student aca-

demic achievement and preparedness

for success in college and the work-

force.

Turnaround teams are invited to sub-

mit qualifications in response to this

RFQ by Nov. 2, 2010. An evaluation

committee will review Qualification

Submittals from RFQ respondents and

pre-qualify a group who will be in-

vited to respond to a Request for Pro-

posal. The RFP will require

respondents to provide a detailed turn-

around plan for a Renaissance School.

Anyone interested in responding to the

RFQ may acquire a copy from the

District’s Office of Procurement Serv-

ices website at

www.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/procure-

ment/bidschedule/specialbids.htm.

Further information regarding the

Renaissance School Initiative can be

found at www.philasd.org/ren-

schools.During the first year of the ini-

tiative, 13 low-performing schools

were identified as part of the Renais-

sance Schools initiative. Six are now

Promise Academies and seven were

converted into Renaissance Charter

Schools.

Responses to the RFQ will be due on

Nov. 2, 2010, with the District an-

nouncing qualified respondents in

mid-November. Each of these pre-

qualified respondents will be invited

to submit detailed proposals that will

be reviewed by an evaluation commit-

tee. The District expects to finalize

matches between turnaround teams

and Renaissance Schools in March of

2011 for a September 2011 opening.

City School DistrictLaunches Phase 2

Of The RenaissanceSchools Initiative


State Rep. Bryan R. Lentz’s leg-

islation (HB 400) that would

penalize employers who inten-

tionally misclassify their workers to

avoid paying taxes and workers’ com-

pensation premiums has passed the

House (109-90) and is headed to the

Governor’s desk.

Lentz said employers that misclassify

their workers as independent contrac-

tors not only avoid paying their fair

share of taxes, they also deprive their

employees of workers’ compensation,

unemployment insurance, overtime

and other benefits they are due.

“It’s tax evasion and it’s also a dirty

way to beat out the competition,”

Lentz said. “Employers who use this

tactic are only hurting the worker who

put in an honest day’s work and put-

ting above-board business owners who

do pay their taxes at a competitive dis-

advantage.”

Lentz said intentional misclassifica-

tion of construction workers, such as

carpenters, plumbers and laborers, has

been increasing in recent years.

He added, “This is also a major prob-

lem in the trucking industry and I hope

that in the next session, the legislature

will again take up this issue and end

the practice of misclassification in

trucking.”

HB 400 would require people who

work in the construction industry to be

employees of the party that pays their

wages unless they can prove they are

legitimate independent contractors.

That would mean that the service or

services they performed are outside of

the usual course of the business of that

particular employer; and that they are

customarily engaged in an independ-

ently established trade, occupation,

profession or business.

“Employee misclassification drives

down wages and living standards for

Pennsylvania workers,” Lentz ex-

plained. “The law does not require

employers to verify whether independ-

ent contractors and their employees

are authorized to work in the US. So

it’s used to hire cheap labor from ille-

gal immigrants, taking more jobs

away from Americans and diminishing

wages. That’s a pervasive problem in

the construction industry.

“Construction jobs are difficult to find

right now because of the economy and

limited investment in development

projects, so fair compensation, bene-

fits and unemployment are even more

critical to the average worker,” Lentz

said. “If a construction worker is laid

off, and an employer basically cheated

him out of unemployment compensa-

tion, the worker has no safety net and

faces an indefinite period of being out

of work without any check.”

He added that worse yet, some work-

ers are not told about their classifica-

tion as independent contractors by

their employers. As a result, they do

not file the tax forms required by the

IRS for independent contractors. This

can put them in violation of Federal

law.

Lentz said his bill would bring Penn-

sylvania into line with other states that

have passed similar legislation and are

now able to capture the millions of

dollars in tax revenue that is currently

lost when employers don’t pay into the

workers’ compensation fund or pay

payroll and unemployment taxes.

The bill would make the intentional

misclassification of an employee a

third-degree felony and impose fines.

Misclassification due to negligence

would be a summary offense with

fines.

House Concurs with SenateLentz Bill Targeting Unfair Employer Practices

Grants of up to $5000 are

available to support arts

projects in Philadelphia

K-12 public schools during the

2010-2011 school year through

PCCY’s Picasso Project. Staff at

schools with less than 1.5 arts

teachers may apply.

An information session will be held

on Thursday, Oct 14, 4-5:30 pm at

Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut Street.

For details, application and eligi-

bility guidelines or go to

www.pccy.org. Contact Gretchen

Elise Walker, the Picasso Project

coordinator, at (215) 563.5848 x22.

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