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Amanda Soskin

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Amanda Soskin is a Philadelphia-based consultant. She writes about housing preservation, neighborhood stabilization, and civic infrastructure at Neighborhood Fundamentals.

A row of brick and stucco residential row houses in Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood. The homes overlook a public, one-way street, where cars are parked on either side of the street.

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We’re Making Housing Harder to Preserve Than It Should Be

March 31, 2026 | Amanda Soskin

To maintain older housing stock, aligning programs to address building deterioration before it is severe offers big payoffs, preserving both homes and housing affordability.