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Landlord Tenant Law book and key from home. (Courtesy of BigStock)
Community

Report: 40% of N.J. renter households can’t make August rent because of COVID-19

The report highlights a massive problem that could come to a head once New Jersey lifts the public health emergency.

5 years ago

Homeless encampment on the Ben Franklin Parkway
Community
Broke in Philly

Protest encampment residents say they’re not leaving Parkway, despite city deadline

Residents of the camp on Benjamin Franklin Parkway say they won’t move unless Philadelphia provides them with permanent housing.

5 years ago

Encampment on Ben Franklin Parkway
PlanPhilly
Community

City to clear homeless encampment on Benjamin Franklin Parkway next Friday

City officials want people living in the encampment to leave voluntarily before July 17. It’s unclear whether police will be called in to clear the camp.

5 years ago

Homeless encampment on Ben Franklin Parkway
Community
Broke in Philly

Parkway homeless encampment grows, while talks with city, PHA go slowly

The tents have encroached on Von Colln Park’s ballfield, where kids were scheduled to start playing this week. Demands go unmet; neighbors are frustrated.

5 years ago

Listen 5:57
Pennsylvania Ballet Director Angel Corella (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 07/06/2020

This week; homeless encampments in Philly become hub for housing activism, examining the New Jersey primary election, and what's going on with the PA Ballet.

Air Date: July 6, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
A person walks with their belongings on Kensington Avenue on May 7, 2020. (Erin Blewett / Kensington Voice)
Community
Broke in Philly

Philly curfews and closures create challenges for people experiencing homelessness, outreach workers

The Philadelphia police did not have a clear answer for how they determine if someone is experiencing homelessness, which would exempt them from the curfew.

5 years ago

A homeless person sleeps at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Philadelphia to test, move homeless sheltering at airport

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport had initially planned Friday to remove the between 50 and 100 homeless people.

5 years ago

A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Mayor Kenney’s budget would gut Philly’s best defense against a brewing eviction crisis

A surge of evictions is expected this summer when city courts reopen and a proposed budget cut threatens to worsen the crisis, writes a retired Philadelphia judge.

6 years ago

People experiencing homelessness take refuge in Philadelphia's desolate airport
Health
NBC10

About 100 people experiencing homelessness staying at Philadelphia’s desolate airport

City officials warned, however, that Philadelphia International Airport is not a long-term option to deal with the issue of homelessness.

6 years ago

A still from a video showing homeless outreach workers appearing at 2000 block of Ionic Street in Rittenhouse to clean up an encampment.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Housing activists stop Rittenhouse encampment cleanup, likening it to ‘eviction’

Videos obtained by PlanPhilly show police, a city trash truck, and outreach workers appearing Tuesday morning at the 2000 block of Ionic Street.

6 years ago

(Governor Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Community
Billy Penn

Gov. Wolf hasn’t answered their letter, so foster youth plan Twitter onslaught

A tweetstorm will call on Pennsylvania to extend services during the pandemic.

6 years ago

Rock Ministries in Kensington will be the site of a COVID-19 testing facility for people experiencing homelessness. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Coronavirus test site for Philly’s addicted and homeless populations opens in Kensington

Located next to Rock Ministries, it’s available every weekday afternoon — and interested people can just show up.

6 years ago

Jalisa McCall and her husband Sean are living in a hotel with money they borrowed from a mutual aid group. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Philly families search for a safe place to stay as city quarantine hotel rooms go empty

Homeless families report being turned away at shelters while city quarantine facilities go unused.

6 years ago

Jules E. Mastbaum High School
Health
Billy Penn

Philly eyes Mastbaum High School for temporary Kensington homeless shelter

The city is opening a drop-in site in the neighborhood to encourage more social distancing.

6 years ago

A mural created by artist Nile Livingston was installed at 17th and Vine streets along with a public hand washing station meant for people who are living with housing instability. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

People experiencing homelessness have a place to wash their hands while the city shuts down

As the city shuts down to slow a COVID-19 outbreak, people experiencing homeless are left with fewer resources for personal hygiene when they are needed most.

6 years ago

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