A major change in how the Philadelphia Housing Authority is governed advanced a step Thursday night after the state House voted, 163-28, to approve a bill that would empower the Mayor's Office to select all of the agency's commissioners.
The Senate must vote again on the House version before it is sent to Gov. Corbett.
Mayor Nutter, who lobbied for the legislation, was hopeful the bill would pass, given that the Senate had approved an earlier version by a 49-0 vote in December, said his spokesman, Mark McDonald.
