Why Philly’s public housing costs an average of $315,000 per unitPosted on by Kid ShelleenIn Philadelphia, the country’s second-poorest big city, the demand for deeply affordable rental housing is a constant. by 2 posted onby Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. ) To: All> Q: Why Philly’s public housing costs an average of $315,000 per unit? by 10 posted onby desertsolitaire ("Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.") He said that after thirty years of public housing on the Res, that even the concrete was so badly damaged it had to be replaced.