Kenny Cruz
Allentown L.E.A.D. coordinator, Real Estate Lab graduate I’m currently a 24-year-old Latino here in Allentown. I graduated from Penn State in May of 2020. I was doing engineering at first, and I would be walking to a class for engineering. But I’d be walking, not motivated, to get to class. Why is everybody else walking […]
Manica Levy
Allentown real estate investor I always knew I wanted to be a realtor; I wanted to put people in homes and invest in myself. I went to Scott White [to obtain my real estate license], which is located in Bethlehem, and because of COVID, I did everything online. I would work my normal job Monday […]
Mathew Pezon
Real Estate Lab director A personal story I think people want to hear? Well as it relates to real estate, I would say that real estate has changed everything for me and helped me to learn about investment. I’m from Allentown was born here and investing for me has been a way to improve Allentown, […]
Tiny homes as a solution to homelessness
With more people struggling to find housing in Allentown, we revisit the tiny homes proposal.
Will the Waterfront bring gentrification?
As the waterfront redevelopment takes shape, residents are left wondering how the investment will impact them.
Renters rights
““The goal in Allentown is to educate renters about their rights, and to continue to advocate for better rental conditions as well as push for action to be taken against absentee landlords and slumlords who are exploiting renters.”
Preserving Allentown’s past
The complicated journey to get funding for restoration of the historic Americus Hotel property located in the heart of the city’s Neighborhood Improvement Zone.
Is rental assistance a permanent solution or just a bandage?
As government rental assistance runs out, can we work on solving the eviction crisis instead of relying on quick and temporary solutions?
Living in Allentown: Sherri Brokopp Binder
“For us, the most important thing is for people to feel safe, for people to feel supported and connected because it’s through those relationships that they can start to heal. We all have things we need to heal from.”
Ben Torres
Promise Neighborhoods Everything I do is for my kids. My kids are my reason. Our kids in the world are the future. I say that because when I was growing up, I wasn’t anyone’s reason. I grew up in Jersey City. It was a really rough neighborhood. Fights, shootings, killings, stabbings, and all that stuff […]
