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The Parker administration says it will issue $800 million in bonds over the next four years to fund affordable housing. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation

July 2, 2025

Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers

Jade Craig, University of Mississippi

Municipal bonds are integral to Philly’s effort to make more affordable housing, but hidden costs and requirements can hurt taxpayers.

The School District of Philadelphia estimates it needs at least $7 billion for repairs and upgrades to its aging buildings. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

January 23, 2025

Philly school buildings are in terrible shape − reliance on the municipal bond market to fund repairs exacerbates the crisis, new analysis finds

David I. Backer, Seton Hall University

The Philadelphia School District has spent an estimated $130 million per year − adjusted for inflation − on interest and fees over the past 30 years.

The pandemic’s longterm effects could include city bankruptcies across the U.S. Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images

July 30, 2020

Next COVID casualty: Cities hit hard by the pandemic face bankruptcy

Mark Davidson, Clark University and Kevin Ward, University of Manchester

With sales tax revenues plummeting because of the pandemic, many cities will face bankruptcy – and that could affect everything from retirees’ pensions to whether roads get fixed.

Bond investors have shown a preference for funding cities’ green projects. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

May 26, 2020

Municipal bond yields show investors willing to pay premium for debt that addresses climate change

Carolin Schellhorn, St. Joseph's University

New research suggests investors expect cities will have to prioritize funding for efforts to combat and adapt to climate change in the future.

A dilapidated house in the northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat is seen in April 2016. The parliamentary budget officer says it will cost more than $3 billion to bring First Nations water infrastructure up to standards seen in comparable non-Indigenous communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

September 30, 2018

How Canada can, and must, empower Indigenous communities

Walid Hejazi, University of Toronto

If we continue to shut Indigenous communities out of the modern economy, critical infrastructure projects will continue to be delayed and natural resources will remain stuck in the ground.

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