Homelessness

25 years after initial takeover, housing activists planned to offer refuge in the former St. Edward’s chapel.

With thousands of renters struggling to make ends meet, Spotlight PA has put together a guide for those facing eviction.

City Council President Darrell L. Clarke said the city needed to increase the level of assistance to get necessary buy-in from landlords.

The CDC ordered a nationwide eviction ban for people who can't pay rent and have no place to go. It's helping some, but many others are getting evicted anyway.

Mayor Jim Kenney says the city is still trying to resolve the situation without using force.

Another deadline to evict the 100-some people living in tents along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and on Ridge Avenue passed Wednesday.

Philadelphia has announced it will be clearing the homeless encampment along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sept 9th.

Despite a 9 a.m. deadline, camp organizers say Philadelphia has not done enough to help those living in the tents and they’ll fight to stay.

Local landlord group HAPCO said it was informed courts would not enforce lockout orders for an additional two weeks.

Several dozen families moved into boarded-up Philadelphia Housing Authority properties. The protest encampments face a Wednesday deadline.

Housing advocates and legal experts say it's uncertain how the CDC's federal hold on evictions will affect Philadelphia's own plans to resume tenant lockouts.

Wolf said state law prevents him from continuing a now-expired suspension of evictions and foreclosures without legislative support.

The notice says residents must leave by Sept. 9. It’s the first step toward evicting the group, following a judge’s ruling authorizing the city to do so.

A Spotlight PA review found many landlords have refused to participate, and lawmakers have failed to take action despite warnings the program is failing.

U.S District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno ruled that the city could move ahead with plans to vacate the camps, so long as they provided 72 hours notice.