What is a choice neighborhood?

Harrison is a Choice Neighborhood in the city of Philadelphia. A Choice Neighborhood is a designation and program from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for neighborhoods anchored by public housing where public and private dollars are leveraged to support locally-driven strategies in a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. Choice helps communities revitalize neighborhoods by improving distressed public and/or assisted housing, catalyzing critical improvements in the neighborhood and helping residents with educational, workforce, and health programming.

Three Pillars of Choice

Housing

Replacing the Harrison townhomes with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood.
Neighborhood

Creating the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in the neighborhood to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community.
People

Improving outcomes of households living in Harrison related to employment and income, health, and children’s education.

Map of the Harrison Choice Neighborhood Target Area

The Harrison Choice Neighborhood target area is bounded by Carlisle Street/ 15th Street to the West,5th Street to the East, Cecil B Moore Avenue to the North, and Brown Street to the South. The target area centers around the planned redevelop site, Harrison Plaza Low-Rise.

The target area encompasses the Yorktown, Ludlow, East Poplar, and West Poplar neighborhoods. Harrison Choice amenities include Temple University, parks & recreational spaces, two SEPTA subway stations, and the Broad Street and Girard & Cecil B Moore business corridors.

Help us create the plan for Harrison Choice.

Take our survey!

PHA Harrison Resident Survey

Are you a PHA resident living in the Harrison low-rises? If so, we would love to hear from you! The results of this survey will help us understand the neighborhood: strengths & weaknesses, and the needs & wants of PHA Harrison residents.
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Neighborhood Survey

This survey is for Philadelphians living in the Harrison Choice Neighborhood target area but DO NOT live in the PHA’s Harrison housing site. The results of this survey will help us better understand the neighborhood and where improvements can be made.

NOT a PHA resident? Take the Neighborhood survey
Harrison Choice Presentation

This presentation explains our process and timeline for Harrison Choice.

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