People’s Townhomes residents continue the fight
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Residents and supporters of the People’s Townhomes, formerly called University City Townhomes, continue to organize resistance as the eviction date of Oct. 8 fast approaches. After over a year of meetings, numerous street protests, a 31-day protest encampment, surprise visits to developers’ o

The Save the UC Townhomes now calls on Mayor Jim Kenny and other city and state officials, University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University leaders and real estate executives to not only stop any evictions of the 70 resident families of 400 people. They want a commitment to a process to preserve the UC Townhomes and to further commit resources to the acquisition of the property.