Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s second budget address to Philadelphia City Council sounded in many ways like an ordinary mayoral speech, with Parker waxing poetic about heroic first responders, touting wins during her first year,

The mayor's proposed budget includes $800 million for housing through two separate infusions of $400 million. It also calls for a few key changes to real estate taxes.

Mayor Cherelle Parker's $6.7M budget proposal includes borrowing $800M for her housing initiative and eliminating Philadelphia's construction impact tax.