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Homelessness

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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 years ago

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Maryanne Lundy poses for a portrait at her home on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 in Indianapolis. Kaiti Sullivan/NPR
NPR
Lifestyle

These moms overcame homelessness. But the fight for a better life is far from over

4 years ago

NPR
Community

When a Hyundai is also the family home

4 years ago

A housing advocate holds up a sign that says,
NPR
Community

Evictions rising even as rental help from Congress reaches millions of people

It's not the tsunami of evictions some feared, but eviction filings are rising sharply in many cities. Meanwhile, $47 billion from Congress to help is reaching more renters.

4 years ago

Photo from Norristown Hospitality Center's 2019 Sole Harvest 5K. (Joel Limbauan)
Community

Norristown Hospitality Center revives Sole Harvest 5K to combat homelessness

The day shelter hopes proceeds from the event can combat homelessness, which is increasingly an issue in the Montgomery County seat.

4 years ago

Alvin Tull is a Lead Muralist and Lead Teaching Artist with the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia. He worked with artist Lauren Cat West to create the Lovely Day mural, which covers 200 columns at the SEPTA concourse between City Hall and Walnut Streets
Arts & Entertainment

Mural Arts paid homeless artists to paint 200 columns underneath Broad Street

Two hundred concrete columns in the subway concourse were painted by homeless artists, as part of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s social service program.

4 years ago

Listen 1:41
Looking out at the Philadelphia skyline from the Allegheny SEPTA station
PlanPhilly
Community

My dad is homeless. I don’t think Philly is doing enough to help him

My mom and my aunt occasionally see my dad under the Market-Frankford El in Kensington. I’m grateful I haven’t seen him that way.

4 years ago

Project Home event
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Project Home opens 40-unit apartment building — a first since the pandemic began

The four-story building in North Philadelphia will provide permanent supportive housing to people who are or have been homeless or are at risk of homelessness.

4 years ago

The food distribution station came prepared to donate as much as possible
Community

One stop in Norristown brings a chance to connect to food, job contacts, and other aid

A Saturday event in Norristown attracted some people still dealing with Ida’s impact on the area. Another event is set for Sept. 25 in Pottstown.

4 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia’s $400 million Neighborhood Preservation Initiative moves ahead

An effort to save and preserve housing stock in Philadelphia is moving ahead with $400 million in funding over the next four years.

4 years ago

Applicants line up at a rental assistance fair
Community

Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume

States have begun to ramp up the amount of rental assistance reaching tenants, but there are still millions of families facing eviction who haven't gotten help.

4 years ago

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

What the Supreme Court’s overturn of the CDC’s eviction moratorium means for Philly

Millions could find themselves homeless after the Supreme Court overturned a federal eviction moratorium but in Philly, some tenants will be protected.

4 years ago

City personnel help to clear an encampment on the 3200 block of Kensington Avenue
Community
Billy Penn

‘There still is no answer’: Philly cracks down on Kensington encampments again as homelessness crisis intensifies

Many have been pushing Mayor Kenney’s administration to fix the untenable living conditions in the neighborhood.

4 years ago

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