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Homelessness

Al’s Heart Warming Center in Pottstown, Pa. will have to close its doors April 1. (Pottstown Lift)
Community

Another Montco shelter is set to close. Advocates for the center in Pottstown hope to start anew

Al’s Heart Warming Center, which has 36 beds for men and women experiencing homelessness, was denied approval to continue operation.

3 years ago

Norristown State Hospital is seen from a distance
Community
WITF

People with mental illness to lose home over Norristown land deal

A homeless shelter and crisis care center will also close due to the agreement.

3 years ago

Anthony Clark is a graduate of the program at Pathways to Housing. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Community

An effort to help end homelessness gets cash infusion in Philadelphia

Efforts to end homelessness in Philadelphia got a half-million-dollar boost from a group founded by business and hospitality professionals.

3 years ago

Homes on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘This is momentous’: Philly to guarantee lawyers for some renters facing eviction

Under a new right-to-counsel program, hundreds of Philadelphia renters will soon be guaranteed free legal representation if their landlord files for eviction.

3 years ago

A 2018 photo of Coordinated Homeless Outreach Center in Norristown, Pa. (CHOC/Facebook)
Community

Montco’s only 24/7 shelter for single adults struggles with a housing crisis of its own

Coordinated Homeless Outreach Center’s lease ends in July, as Norristown plans to use the land for revitalization efforts. Finding a new space is tough.

3 years ago

People pray near the scene of a deadly rowhouse fire
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

My building has 18 tenants and no fire extinguishers. Preventing tragedy requires more affordable housing

People too often have no choice but to live in overcrowded and unsafe households to avoid homelessness. I know because it happened to me.

3 years ago

With only an elbow visible, a person experiencing homelessness sleeps in a door way at a Center City Church (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Community

Cold temps and COVID create problems for Philadelphia’s homeless

Cold weather and a COVID surge are making things harder for those living on Philly’s streets.

3 years ago

Asyod Boyd sits on his stoop
Community
Billy Penn

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.

3 years ago

File photo: People inspect damage in Fort Washington, Pa. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area.
Community

Telling an honest story: Montco will count the number of people experiencing homelessness

The count will include people in emergency shelters or transitional housing, and those staying in hotel rooms paid for by the county since Hurricane Ida.

3 years ago

File photo: The New Jersey State House is seen in Trenton, N.J.
Politics & Policy

Thousands of households set to lose protections as N.J. eviction moratorium ends Jan. 1

Thousands of New Jersey households will lose eviction protections that have been in place since the start of the pandemic.

3 years ago

Vehicles are under water during flooding on Main Street in Norristown
Community

‘It is not too late’: Pa. residents affected by Hurricane Ida can still receive FEMA aid

FEMA extended its application deadline to Jan. 10 for individuals and businesses in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties.

3 years ago

Over 300 votives bore the names of people who experienced homlessness, lost in 2021 at Homeless Memorial Day at Thomas Paine Plaza in Philadelphia on Dec. 21, 2021
Community

Photo essay: Over 400 remembered at Homeless Memorial Day in Philadelphia

“We have the resources to get rid of homelessness.” Advocates call for change in the wake of 400 lost.

3 years ago

Amanda Payne, Paul Nowell, and their 2-year-old son smile for a photo while wearing masks
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

First families move into newly rehabbed homes in North Philly

The homes are part of an agreement the Philadelphia Housing Authority reached last October with members of a homeless encampment.

3 years ago

A person experiencing homelessness finds some shelter under an overpass. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmakers push ‘Bill of Rights’ for individuals experiencing homelessness

Delaware to consider a bill to create an avenue for people experiencing homelessness to file grievances when their rights are infringed upon.

3 years ago

Nathalie Cerin and Colleen Hendrick stand in and outside the hygiene truck
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly has a new community drugstore powered by radical hospitality and four wheels

Twice a week, the truck, painted in soothing pastel colors, travels through Philadelphia neighborhoods dispensing free toiletries — and a dose of kindness.

3 years ago

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