Homelessness

This year, the city paid some volunteers to help with the count — those who have experience with substance abuse issues, mental health diagnoses or homelessness.

The city promised in December it would open 30 more beds in the neighborhood by January, but city officials now estimate the space won’t open until late spring.

After two weeks in deep freeze, Philadelphia ends its Code Blue declaration and extra push to get homeless into shelters.

Through Monday morning, the warming center at Cione Recreation will be open 24 hours a day —.and no ID is necessary to come inside.

Even in bitterly cold weather, homeless people with addictions are often hesitant to take shelter if it means going to another part of the city and going through withdrawal.

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Ten years ago, I started anonymously giving envelopes with handwritten Christmas cards and cash to people who are homeless in Philadelphia.

Hundreds gathered at a candlelight vigil Thursday night to remember more than 250 homeless people who died this year.

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The volunteers started on a corner near the railroad tracks where the city and Conrail cleared out an encampment of homeless heroin users this summer. 

HUD statistics show Pennsylvania, Delaware and particularly New Jersey are making headway in getting the homeless into permanent housing.

Using homelessness as a barometer, a Villanova criminologist looked at the experiences of more than 10,000 state inmates for nearly a decade after they were released.

This time of year, many of us make an extra effort to reach out to those in need. Less obvious are the needs of homeless children in our schools.

Now, the homeless man who helped a New Jersey woman when her car ran out of gas in Philadelphia might not stay homeless much longer.

There’s a very practical benefit to giving homeless people a haircut: it could potentially help them resolve their situation.