Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris and his brother and former G League forward Terry Harris never got to play with or against each other in the NBA. But they are teaming up to bring much needed affordable housing to Los Angeles. The Harris brothers said they are currently in development to bring 270 affordable housing units in three locations to the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The projects include a 33-unit development, 93-unit development with retail, and a 190-unit development. The goal is to have 1,000 units in development in neighborhoods across the city by the end of the year. Terry Harris said that all of the properties are expected to be built from scratch and not refurbished old buildings.
Source: Andscape
Source: Andscape
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Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Philadelphia #76ers forward Tobias Harris and his brother are bringing affordable housing to Los Angeles. The brothers are aiming to help the city’s housing shortage, set example of Black entrepreneurship. bit.ly/44pCzWI #nba #NBAPlayoffs @andscape – 10:40 AM
Philadelphia #76ers forward Tobias Harris and his brother are bringing affordable housing to Los Angeles. The brothers are aiming to help the city’s housing shortage, set example of Black entrepreneurship. bit.ly/44pCzWI #nba #NBAPlayoffs @andscape – 10:40 AM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
Tobias played really well in 1 of the several biggest games of his career… if the Sixers can keep getting “first round Tobi” in a matchup this difficult, and Jo can get any healthier than he looked in the last two, and Max can get 35% of whistle Brunson gets…who’s to say? – 3:38 PM
Tobias played really well in 1 of the several biggest games of his career… if the Sixers can keep getting “first round Tobi” in a matchup this difficult, and Jo can get any healthier than he looked in the last two, and Max can get 35% of whistle Brunson gets…who’s to say? – 3:38 PM
Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Joel Embiid on Tobias Harris: “He also deserves a lot of credit…Sometimes you make shots, sometimes you don’t, but I think he’s been great on the defensive end. He’s been hustling. He’s been rebounding the ball.” #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2024/05/01/joe… via @SixersWire – 2:52 PM
Joel Embiid on Tobias Harris: “He also deserves a lot of credit…Sometimes you make shots, sometimes you don’t, but I think he’s been great on the defensive end. He’s been hustling. He’s been rebounding the ball.” #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2024/05/01/joe… via @SixersWire – 2:52 PM
Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Tyrese Maxey got all of the praise in Game 5, but one can’t forget about Tobias Harris. He received love from Nick Nurse and Joel Embiid last night. #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/30/nic… via @SixersWire – 12:47 PM
Tyrese Maxey got all of the praise in Game 5, but one can’t forget about Tobias Harris. He received love from Nick Nurse and Joel Embiid last night. #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/30/nic… via @SixersWire – 12:47 PM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Sixers-Knicks Game 5 takeaways: Tobias Harris’ big game, Buddy Hield’s advice for Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid’s savior inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer – 5:17 AM
Sixers-Knicks Game 5 takeaways: Tobias Harris’ big game, Buddy Hield’s advice for Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid’s savior inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer – 5:17 AM
Lauren Rosen @LaurenMRosen
“Tonight, that fourth quarter, that last minute – what he was able to do was spectacular tonight. He really carried us.
It was a big time game from a big time player.”
-Tobias Harris on Tyrese Maxey – 10:23 PM
“Tonight, that fourth quarter, that last minute – what he was able to do was spectacular tonight. He really carried us.
It was a big time game from a big time player.”
-Tobias Harris on Tyrese Maxey – 10:23 PM
Brian Geltzeiler @BGeltzNBA
Tobias Harris has taken a lot of heat for disappearing in this series. With Embiid struggling, his offensive contribution tonight was vital including two huge late free throws to ice the game – 10:23 PM
Tobias Harris has taken a lot of heat for disappearing in this series. With Embiid struggling, his offensive contribution tonight was vital including two huge late free throws to ice the game – 10:23 PM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Final: Sixers win 112-106, force a Game 6 despite being down 6 with 30 seconds left in regulation.
Tyrese Maxey with a season-saving performance (46/5/9), Joel Embiid with some great defense in overtime (and a 19/16/10 triple double), and some big shots by Tobias Harris (19). – 9:56 PM
Final: Sixers win 112-106, force a Game 6 despite being down 6 with 30 seconds left in regulation.
Tyrese Maxey with a season-saving performance (46/5/9), Joel Embiid with some great defense in overtime (and a 19/16/10 triple double), and some big shots by Tobias Harris (19). – 9:56 PM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Chaos. Pure Chaos.
Sixers up 110-106 with 15.8 seconds left in overtime after Tobias Harris makes a pair of FTs.
Luckily we’ve never seen anything crazy happen in the final seconds at the garden so I’m sure we can all hit publish on those game stories now. – 9:51 PM
Chaos. Pure Chaos.
Sixers up 110-106 with 15.8 seconds left in overtime after Tobias Harris makes a pair of FTs.
Luckily we’ve never seen anything crazy happen in the final seconds at the garden so I’m sure we can all hit publish on those game stories now. – 9:51 PM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Tobias giving up on that play to argue the call while continuation is still in play is wild. – 9:19 PM
Tobias giving up on that play to argue the call while continuation is still in play is wild. – 9:19 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Out of all the shots Tobias Harris has taken, the one he hits is in a pivotal fourth quarter possession with OG Anunoby draped all over him. – 9:18 PM
Out of all the shots Tobias Harris has taken, the one he hits is in a pivotal fourth quarter possession with OG Anunoby draped all over him. – 9:18 PM
Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Thibs saw Tobias Harris get an easy bucket and said enough is enough. Timeout, Knicks.
NYK 49, PHI 47
Sixers start second half on 4-0 run. – 8:30 PM
Thibs saw Tobias Harris get an easy bucket and said enough is enough. Timeout, Knicks.
NYK 49, PHI 47
Sixers start second half on 4-0 run. – 8:30 PM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
Tobias Harris isn’t your quintessential “second half guy,” but he did have a decent first half offensively.
10 and 2, on 5 shots. – 8:15 PM
Tobias Harris isn’t your quintessential “second half guy,” but he did have a decent first half offensively.
10 and 2, on 5 shots. – 8:15 PM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
A Maxey layup at the buzzer trims New York’s lead to 6, 49-43, heading into the break. Maxey has 15 on 6-12 shooting to lead Sixers, with Tobias adding 10. Brunson ha 15 on 7-10 shooting for New York, who after missing their first 8 shots of game went 19-29 the rest of the way. – 8:11 PM
A Maxey layup at the buzzer trims New York’s lead to 6, 49-43, heading into the break. Maxey has 15 on 6-12 shooting to lead Sixers, with Tobias adding 10. Brunson ha 15 on 7-10 shooting for New York, who after missing their first 8 shots of game went 19-29 the rest of the way. – 8:11 PM
Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck
Tobias being the only guy with a pulse right now is genuinely hilarious – 7:56 PM
Tobias being the only guy with a pulse right now is genuinely hilarious – 7:56 PM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Josh Hart’s half-court shot went in, but he let it go well after the buzzer sounded. Sixers take the first quarter 26-17, with Tyrese Maxey (11) and Tobias Harris (7) leading the way. – 7:38 PM
Josh Hart’s half-court shot went in, but he let it go well after the buzzer sounded. Sixers take the first quarter 26-17, with Tyrese Maxey (11) and Tobias Harris (7) leading the way. – 7:38 PM
Gina Mizell @ginamizell
Joel Embiid’s first bucket coems about nine minutes into the first quarter. Before that, all of the Sixers’ points had come from Maxey and…Tobias Harris. – 7:22 PM
Joel Embiid’s first bucket coems about nine minutes into the first quarter. Before that, all of the Sixers’ points had come from Maxey and…Tobias Harris. – 7:22 PM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
So to extend the series, the Sixers need to figure out a way to generate scoring when Joel Embiid’s out of the game.
One option would be to alter the starting lineup. …. Coming off the bench would enable Tobias Harris to get ample touches and be a primary scoring option when… – 11:04 AM
So to extend the series, the Sixers need to figure out a way to generate scoring when Joel Embiid’s out of the game.
One option would be to alter the starting lineup. …. Coming off the bench would enable Tobias Harris to get ample touches and be a primary scoring option when… – 11:04 AM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
I really hope Tobias Harris can earn himself another max later tonight – 10:34 AM
I really hope Tobias Harris can earn himself another max later tonight – 10:34 AM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Only drastic change can save the Sixers. Tobias Harris off the bench might be the best answer. inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer #NBA #NewYorkForever #ForTheLoveOfPhilly #Sixers #NBAPlayoffs #newyorkknicks – 7:00 AM
Only drastic change can save the Sixers. Tobias Harris off the bench might be the best answer. inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer #NBA #NewYorkForever #ForTheLoveOfPhilly #Sixers #NBAPlayoffs #newyorkknicks – 7:00 AM
Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers
Only drastic change can save the Sixers. Tobias Harris off the bench might be the best answer. inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer – 5:05 AM
Only drastic change can save the Sixers. Tobias Harris off the bench might be the best answer. inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer – 5:05 AM
More on this storyline
Los Angeles is home to about 46,000 homeless people, a 10% increase from last year and 10,000 more than since the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Daily Mail. Los Angeles County also had a shortage of nearly 500,000 affordable homes in 2022, according to the LA County Annual Affordable Housing Outcomes Report. In December 2022, however, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order to fast-track approval for affordable housing projects. Since the mayor’s order, Los Angeles has received plans for more than 13,770 affordable units, according to data provided by the city’s planning department. That is just slightly less than the total number of housing units developed from 2020 to 2022. Terry Harris said that he and his brother have been aided by the fast-tracking of affordable housing development. -via Andscape / May 2, 2024
“This is a project that my younger brother and myself are in the works on now,” Tobias Harris told Andscape. “We are always figuring out ways to give back. In Los Angeles, there is a housing shortage. A lot of this is his initiative that I am supporting. It’s still early, but we’re working on a lot of things to make it happen.” -via Andscape / May 2, 2024
The Harris brothers said they are currently in development to bring 270 affordable housing units in three locations to the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The projects include a 33-unit development, 93-unit development with retail, and a 190-unit development. The goal is to have 1,000 units in development in neighborhoods across the city by the end of the year. Terry Harris said that all of the properties are expected to be built from scratch and not refurbished old buildings. “This is a project that my younger brother and myself are in the works on now,” Tobias Harris told Andscape. “We are always figuring out ways to give back. In Los Angeles, there is a housing shortage. A lot of this is his initiative that I am supporting. It’s still early, but we’re working on a lot of things to make it happen.” -via Andscape / May 2, 2024
“This is what Los Angeles kind of needs the most,” Terry Harris said. “And under new politics under Karen Bass, she’s directed a new law that’s been streamlined for affordable housing and a way for developers to make these projects happen and not go through the difficulties that developers once had to go through in California. A year ago, it used to take about two to three years for this project to get off the floor. So now, we’re all looking for all these projects in about a six- to eight-month time frame for us to be in pre-development and to get this project built.” -via Andscape / May 2, 2024
