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Archive for December, 2009


Phila Mayor: “Significant decrease” in homeless population

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 12:52 pm - by Alan Tu

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says there are 26 percent fewer people living on the streets of the city. This year the number of homeless people living day-to-day on the streets was 395 compared to 532 in 2008. Project H.O.M.E. conducted the annual count and credits the city for providing more developing additional permanent housing for [...]

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