
Posts tagged with Office of Homeless Services


Philly’s unique and successful Way Home program is helping LGBTQ people find housing

Inside Philly’s 40-year war on homeless encampments
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More people fell on SEPTA tracks in 2020 than past five years, despite massive ridership drop

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

As shutdown deadline looms, 175 residents in Philly’s COVID prevention sites still need permanent housing

Accidental overdose death at Philly’s COVID prevention site, which is closing in two weeks

Philly scouting potential quarantine sites for city’s homeless population

As Philly clears homeless encampments, Convention Center and businesses work to fund permanent housing

How Philly convinced business leaders to be part of the homelessness solution

Heat wave response: Philly’s quadrupling homeless outreach for Code Red

When the city shuts down its winter beds, there’s not enough housing to go around

Philadelphia leads the way in 24-hour homeless shelters

Why South Street Cinema’s Code Blue nights for homeless Philadelphians got shut down
