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Philly disputes claims by COVID prevention hotel transplants that new housing lacks heat, hot water

Still waiting for permanent homes, several people moved from Center City are unhappy with their new surroundings.

The funding designated for contingency sites is not flexible, city officials said.

A private prison company runs one of the temporary sites where residents are being relocated.

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Anyone who hasn't found a place to live after Dec. 15 will be offered temporary shelter, say officials, who've successfully placed 50 people so far.

Anthony Thomas, who previously lived at the Parkway protest camp, was discovered in his room over Thanksgiving weekend.

There’s now a “repair or demolish” order on the Rodeway Inn, which is in a historic Center City property.

The 30 beds at the first site sometimes fill up, officials said, with people from shelters or those experiencing homelessness.

Marked by colorful decals, the sites are intended to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading among people on the street.

That's the word from the Sunday Love Project, which is feeding people in the neighborhood daily.

“Everybody takes advice from us when things like this happen.”