Community Land Trust Bust
Displayed on the edge of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, barricades and signs stating “No cop zone” and “Housing Now” made it impossible for passersby to ignore the struggles of unhoused people embroiled in a contentious dispute over the city’s approach to housing. An encampment with around 150 tents set up in a park in the center of Philadelphia lasted up to four months, locked in a battle with the city over housing policy. In tumultuous 2020.