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Tents and sleeping bags line the tunnels of the Locust Street Patco Station in Center City on Feb. 23, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly, PATCO respond to Center City transit station encampment with social services

People set up tents inside the underground concourse at 12th and Locust streets seeking warmth and shelter during the recent snow emergency.

3 days ago

Project HOME founder Sister Mary Scullion, 1199C President Henry Nicholas, and AFSCME District Council 47 President Tom Cronin march in a housing protest
Community
Billy Penn

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?

4 days ago

A customer leaves a Pier 1 retail store, which is going out of business
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Unemployment in the year of COVID

As we continue our series on how the pandemic has reshaped work in America, we'll discuss joblessness and unemployment over the course of the pandemic.

Air Date: February 19, 2021 10:00 am

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Tawanda Jones rests in what she calls her
Community

‘Warming more than just bodies’: School gym hosts Camden’s unhoused amid winter freeze

Two years ago, Tawanda Jones and Connie Kellum created a warming center for the unhoused in Camden. They’re back at it again.

2 weeks ago

People with no homes to go to pitch their tents on the concourse at the 16th Street PATCO station to get out of the cold. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Code Blue during COVID-19: Shelters gear up for pandemic cold snap

Area homeless shelters and outreach workers are gearing up to try to get people safely indoors.

4 weeks ago

Hope Center executive director Kim Eppehimer talks to guest David Hicks in the lobby. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Del. ‘Swamp Hotel’ now a swank ‘stepping stone’ for people experiencing homelessness

New Castle County bought the hotel to create a comprehensive shelter and service center to help guests transition to stable, permanent housing.

4 weeks ago

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A woman walks in the snow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia
Weather

What a ‘Code Blue’ means for Philly residents

When temperatures feel near or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, Philadelphia officials will declare a Code Blue. Here’s what that means, and how you can help.

1 month ago

Tenants' rights advocates
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden to extend order limiting pandemic evictions

The federal eviction moratorium, implemented through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is intended to help tenants who have been battered economically

1 month ago

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Weather

Montgomery County declares ‘Code Blue’ weather emergency through weekend

A “Code Blue” declaration is made in the county when winter conditions pose a threat of serious harm or death to individuals without shelter.

2 months ago

A protester wearing a face mask holds up a sign that says,
Community

‘My phone has not stopped ringing’: A new Chesco eviction prevention program expands Jan. 5

A Chester County eviction prevention program expands into the Coatesville area on Jan. 5 as families continue to struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic.

2 months ago

On the left is Walker Hall, one of the 'community-based sites' used to temporarily house former COVID hotel residents. (Courtenay Harris Bond/Billy Penn)
Health
Billy Penn

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.

2 months ago

Dante Jones speaking at the People's Hearing at Eastern State Penitentiary in January
PlanPhilly
Community

Without a home and arrested: What I learned about police while homeless

When I lost my sublet and joined the community of people living at a fixed address, I found that police perceived me as a danger.

2 months ago

Jenn Katchmark, of Washington, holds up an eviction sign intended for Pres. Donald Trump while walking through Black Lives Matter Plaza
NPR
Community

COVID-19 relief bill could stave off historic wave of evictions

A rental assistance program in the bill is key for helping millions of struggling renters at risk of losing their homes in the middle of winter as the pandemic rages on.

2 months ago

A volunteer prepares a meal via Catering by Design
Community
Broke in Philly

Step Up to the Plate to offer Christmas meals in Kensington

The team of Philly nonprofits, which serves meals to those experiencing housing and food insecurity, aims to extend its program through March amid the pandemic.

2 months ago

Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 12/21/2020

This week; staving off evictions in Philly, a former hotel repurposed as a homeless shelter in Delaware, and remembering Philly blues legend Frank Bey.

Air Date: December 21, 2020 10:00 am

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