In February 2007, the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Center of the Urban Institute revisited an analysis of American cities conducted in 1998. The comparative analysis below was published with a view towards showing how conditions have changed for Philadelphia and its region since the first report.

The Pew Charitable Trusts supported the study.

Download the report sections below:

Part 1 - Introduction and Findings. Pages 1- 19. (PDF, 1.1MB)

Part 2 - Annex A and B - Charts and Data Sources. 16 Pages. (PDF, 715K)

This report was supported by Pew prior to the existence of the Philadelphia Research Initiative.