More than 200 Philadelphia Housing Authority employees took time away from their regular duties today to help PHA Commissioner and City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell celebrate her birthday the way she has for the past 13 years – holding a Health Fair for the Homeless.

Despite a wet start at the Dell for the O'Jays show (rescheduled for August 23rd), the grand opening still went off with a bang the following weekend with the Funk Fest featuring the original 'Funkmeister' George Clinton.

The housing authority recently inspected all of its nearly 4,200 occupied scattered sites homes, which are located throughout North, South and West Philadelphia, and determined that 136 properties required major repairs.