Homelessness

SEPTA will partner with local college students to offer social services to people experiencing homelessness using the transit system as a shelter.

Homelessness is on the rise in Montco, which shuttered two shelter facilities over the summer. Officials hope a new shelter can serve as a model for other townships.

The heralded program is currently set to expire at the end of the year. A bill moving through the City Council would change that.

With a dozen beds plus support services, the new sanctuary is targeting a mid-September launch.

Norristown council voted to close parks from dusk to dawn. Unhoused people fear they can’t sleep in parks, retribution from police.

Norristown Borough is considering a new “dawn-to-dusk” ordinance, which would make it officially illegal to sleep overnight in the borough’s parks.

As part of an effort to reduce the number of people in Delaware experiencing homelessness, the first pallet villages will soon be constructed in southern Delaware.

The nonprofit that maintains the park says there’s been a lot of positive feedback, but people experiencing homelessness feel targeted.

With temperatures reaching above 95 degrees, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for southeastern Pennsylvania until 8 p.m. Thursday.

Montgomery County will collect community feedback before recovery act plans are finalized by County commissioners in August.

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority plans to award grants to 30 organizations to buy meals for the hungry from struggling restaurants.

From 2017 to 2020, the Point in Time count showed a decrease of only 48 people in Chesco’s homeless population. Over the last two years, that number has dropped by 120.

The figure represents about 7% of all renters in Philly. And 60% of renters surveyed by Community Legal Services say they’re behind on rent.

The country is currently short roughly 1.5 million housing units. A new Chester County initiative aims to help address the affordable housing crisis.

In the last seven years, the number of medical respite homes has more than doubled, driven by multiple factors.