Editing Camden, New Jersey (section)

===Housing===
The most common type of home in Camden is [[Terraced house|rowhouse]], similar to those in the neighboring city of Philadelphia. [[Saint Josephs Carpenter Society|Saint Josephs Carpenter Society (SJCS)]] is a non profit that has rehabilitated 500 homes throughout the city.

Camden contains the United States' first federally funded [[planned community]] for working class residents, [[Yorkship Village]] (now called Fairview).<ref name=":0">Staff. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1840214841.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+06%2C+2001&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Fairview+begins+new+experiment&pqatl=google "Fairview begins new experiment"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105161729/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1840214841.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+06,+2001&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Fairview+begins+new+experiment&pqatl=google|date=November 5, 2012}}, ''[[Courier-Post]]'', December 6, 2001. Accessed February 17, 2011. "This village-like neighborhood at the southern edge of Camden was America's first planned community for the working class."</ref> The village was designed by [[Electus Darwin Litchfield]], who was influenced by the [[garden city movement|"garden city"]] developments popular in England at the time.<ref>[http://yorkship.home.comcast.net/yorkshipplan.htm "A Place Called Yorkship — Electus Litchfield's Plan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629104110/http://yorkship.home.comcast.net/yorkshipplan.htm|date=June 29, 2006}}. Accessed June 23, 2006.</ref>

In 2013, Cherokee Investment Partners had a plan to redevelop north Camden with 5,000 new homes and a shopping center on {{convert|450|acre|km2}}. Cherokee dropped their plans in the face of local opposition and the slumping real estate market.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lune |first=Jack |title=$1.1B Redevelopment Targets Camden, N.J., One of Nation's Poorest Cities |url=http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf040105.htm |access-date=December 12, 2013 |newspaper=Site Selection}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Merritt |first=Athena D. |date=March 30, 2009 |title=Constructive Ideas in Camden |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/03/30/focus1.html |access-date=December 12, 2013 |newspaper=Philadelphia Business Journal}}</ref><ref>Katz, Matt. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20131212034503/http://articles.philly.com/2010-09-28/news/24979701_1_eminent-domain-indictment-federal-investigation "Feds: Bryant took bribes to gentrify Camden"]}}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', September 28, 2010. Accessed April 5, 2016.</ref> They are among several companies receiving [[New Jersey Economic Development Authority]] (EDA) tax incentives to relocate jobs in the city.<ref name="The Star-Ledger2">{{cite web |date=December 15, 2014 |title=Camden-bound companies set to receive $630&nbsp;million in state tax breaks |url=http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2014/12/camden-bound_companies_set_to_receive_630_million_in_state_tax_breaks.html |work=The Star-Ledger}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Christie's Latest Camden Giveaways Deserve as Much Skepticism as the 76ers Deal |url=http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/camden-businesses-tax-incentives-chris-christie-76ers-subaru-lockheed |work=nextcity.org}}</ref><ref>Nurin, Tara. [https://whyy.org/articles/top-10-taxpayer-subsidized-projects-planned-for-camden/ "Top 10 taxpayer subsidized projects planned for Camden"], [[WHYY-FM|WHYY]], October 6, 2015. Accessed January 9, 2018.</ref>