Can Philly count? Advocates say hundreds more young people are experiencing homelessness than the city will acknowledge
Eighteen to 24-year-olds often “couch surf” if they can, and generally avoid agency services.
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Philly’s unique and successful Way Home program is helping LGBTQ people find housing
Originally dependent on CARES Act funding, advocates are working to make it last.
Inside Philly’s 40-year war on homeless encampments
The Ben Franklin Parkway occupation followed a well-trodden model. What can city government do to break the cycle?
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More people fell on SEPTA tracks in 2020 than past five years, despite massive ridership drop
The grand majority of falls happen on the Market-Frankford Line.
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.
As shutdown deadline looms, 175 residents in Philly’s COVID prevention sites still need permanent housing
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.
Accidental overdose death at Philly’s COVID prevention site, which is closing in two weeks
Anthony Thomas, who previously lived at the Parkway protest camp, was discovered in his room over Thanksgiving weekend.
Philly scouting potential quarantine sites for city’s homeless population
In the meantime, OHS will distribute wipes and sanitizer.
As Philly clears homeless encampments, Convention Center and businesses work to fund permanent housing
Without a place to go, displaced people say they're "just going to move somewhere else."
How Philly convinced business leaders to be part of the homelessness solution
The city's Shared Public Spaces program was so successful, stakeholders are expanding its reach.
Heat wave response: Philly’s quadrupling homeless outreach for Code Red
The "feels like" temp could hit 113 degrees.
When the city shuts down its winter beds, there’s not enough housing to go around
300 homeless Philadelphians might be back on the street this month.
Philadelphia leads the way in 24-hour homeless shelters
Prevention Point is the latest center to keep its doors open around the clock.
Why South Street Cinema’s Code Blue nights for homeless Philadelphians got shut down
The nonprofit micro-theater stayed open overnight to welcome people from the cold.
Philly: Don’t give cash to panhandlers, donate $5 via text instead
When the city looked at how cash on the street was used, they saw "the long tentacles of the opioid crisis."