2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $127,900; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Property report
5629 W Berks St
2 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,232 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925
House · Philadelphia Housing Auth · fully tax-exempt (2026 OPA). On the 5600 block of W Berks St.
Property summary
Assessment$124,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $127,900
Last sale$34KRecorded 1980 · later nominal deed
Est. tax bill$0/year2026 OPA · full assessment exemption shown
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits1Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open7 historical across 2 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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OPA 5220522102026 OPA shows a zero or de minimis taxable assessment. The open assessment split does not establish the exemption's legal basis, continuing eligibility, or treatment after a transfer.
Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion
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What stands out
From the public recordImproved
Why it mattersOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2020.
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Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 83% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $67,700 to $124,000 · no permit shown in 2024-2026
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
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Not a houseProperty report
This is a house, not a home, and OPA shows a full or near-full assessment exemption whose basis must be verified. A $0 assessment-based tax estimate does not prove the live Tax Center account has no prior-period balance or other charges. Homeowner investment tools are hidden; the assembled public-source record remains below.
What it is
House
Row 2 Sty Masonry
Owner
Philadelphia Housing Auth
Public / institutional
OPA tax treatment
Full assessment exemption shown
2026 OPA taxable assessment $0 · basis and live balance require separate verification
$ / sq ft
$104
assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Assessed value
$124,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $127,900
Interior area
1,232 sqft
Lot size
1,680 sqft
Stories
2
Built
1925
Zoning
RSA5
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- Recorded owner
- Philadelphia Housing Auth
- L&I district
- CENTRAL WEST
- OPA account
- 522052210
What this record suggests
The City file documents 1 permit touching plumbing. 1 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case 658730 · PASSED
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case CF-2020-031780 · PASSED
- PermitAlterations
Permit PP-2020-010316 · Completed
Outside plumbing
- ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE ROOF DRAINAGE
Case CF-2020-031780 · Violation VI-2020-013722 · COMPLIED
- ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE WALLS
Case CF-2020-031780 · Violation VI-2020-013721 · COMPLIED
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case CF-2020-031780 · FAILED
- ViolationPLUMBING SYSTEMS- HAZARDS
Case CF-2020-031780 · Violation VI-2020-013720 · COMPLIED
- InvestigationHCEU INSP
Case 658730 · FAILED
- ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE WALLS
Case 658730 · Violation 211953770 · COMPLIED
- ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE
Case 658730 · Violation 211953769 · COMPLIED
- ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES
Case 658730 · Violation 211953768 · COMPLIED
- ViolationPLUMBING SYSTEMS-GENERAL
Case 658730 · Violation 211953767 · COMPLIED
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Permits and inspections 1 on this property
This property’s file includes Plumbing permit record. A permit documents authorized scope and a City process; it is not by itself proof that every described improvement was completed, remains in place, or meets today’s condition expectations.
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How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗Violations, cases, and status check current status
An open row is a dated City status, not a diagnosis of current condition or a conclusion about the property. Read the case, notice, and any subsequent inspection together, then verify the live file.
How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗Who's behind it
Philadelphia Housing Auth · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 4773 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $1.4B combined
• Tax bills mail to 2013 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19121
Block context
5629 W Berks St sits on the 5600 block of W Berks St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 5627 W Berks St · 5631 W Berks St
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 6:48 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.
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