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Homelessness

A rendering of Inglis Methodist Gardens, part of Methodist Services’ 22-acre campus off Monument Road in West Philly. (Provided)
Urban Planning

Nonprofits, insurer team to build subsidized apartments for Philly homeless

Inglis Methodist Gardens also will offer social services and connect its homeless and disabled tenants to nearby mental- and physical-health services.

7 years ago

People living at the encampment at Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Report finds Kensington homeless encampments not just a symptom of opioid crisis

A survey included in the Penn study suggests that the Kensington encampments also reflected broader issues that lead to homelessness.

7 years ago

The homeless women staying at Fernwood East found a safe-haven at the shelter, but they are scheduled to be kicked out on March 28. (Pixabay)
Community
Broke In Philly

Outside looking in: Women fight eviction date from local homeless shelter while men’s side stays open

Tanya Curry first slept in a homeless shelter when she was in her early 20s and had her 5-year-old son alongside her. Today at 46, she is alone and once again homeless.

7 years ago

Malcolm Flowers (left) checks a trash can as Cristina
Money
Broke in Philly

From panhandling to a paycheck: How day labor can provide opportunity to Philly’s homeless

Work Now, a day-labor program launched a year and a half ago aims to combat panhandling by challenging people holding “will work for food” signs to do just that.

7 years ago

South Street Cinema cited by Homeless Services offering shelter all night during the code blue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

South Street theater screened films for homeless during Code Blue nights

Bill Arrowood says the theater was never a shelter, just a business giving back to the community by inviting those without shelter in for an all-night movie marathon.

7 years ago

Katherine Banks discusses how Lutheran Community Services helped her avoid homelessness at the LCS office in Wilmington Monday morning. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

$1.2 million in grants to help combat Delaware homelessness

Thirteen programs to help Delaware’s population experiencing homelessness will share $1.2 million in funding from the state and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

7 years ago

Bruce Thomas talks about the years that he and his family were homeless during a press conference at City Hall. According to data presented by Council members Helen Gym and Allan Domb and members of the Family Service Provider Network, homeless families in Philadelphia are undercounted and underserved.
Community

As Philly tallies homeless population, advocates say families are overlooked

Advocates for Philadelphia’s homeless are demanding more funding for family shelters and prevention.

7 years ago

Eduardo Aponte shares a room with other homeless men in Kensington or sleeps on the street most nights. He's one of many Latinos who avoids homeless shelters, who the city is trying to reach. (Emma Restrepo/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke in Philly

Why so few of Philly’s homeless Latinos use shelters, get city services

Latinos make up nearly 15% of Philly's population and form its poorest minority group — 38 percent live in poverty, according to census data.

7 years ago

Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder of Project HOME, speaks at the construction kickoff ceremony for the nonprofit's Maguire Residence in Kensington on Jan. 15. It will be housing for homeless people with an addiction. (Photo courtesy of Jay Gorodetzer)
Community

New homes for those struggling with addiction set for heart of Philly opioid crisis

In heart of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic, new home rising for those in recovery

7 years ago

SafeSpace, formally the Rick VanStory Center, closed its doors after losing a state contract. (Camilia Jones for WHYY)
Community

Delaware shelter, treatment program shut down

While Code Purple shelters open when temperatures fall to 32 degrees or below, the Sunday Breakfast Mission in Wilmington is the only other 24/7 emergency shelter in the area.

7 years ago

Tony House
Community

Amid controversy, homeless shelter in Wilmington fights to keep offering beds

Residents are worried what will happen to them if the shelter closes. The state doesn't seem to trust the shelter after a fiscal mismanagement investigation.

7 years ago

Steve Williams listens to the names of 270 homeless who died in Philadelphia Thursday evening at Arch Street United Methodist Church.
View Finders
Community

Homeless memorial service marks 270 lives lost in 2018

Philadelphians, some formerly and currently homeless, attend a Homeless Memorial Day Service at Arch Street United Methodist Church Thursday evening.

7 years ago

Robert Fifter, 62, has been addicted to heroin since he was 10. He said he's getting too old to sleep outside in the winter. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

Despite high poverty, why fewer people live on Philly’s streets than in other big cities

Philly is one of the poorest cities in the country, but it’s street homeless population is one of the smallest. What’s driving this counterintuitive dynamic?

7 years ago

Luke Dunn talks to a homeless man and takes down his contact to make sure he gets entered into the homeless database, and promises to return for a referral for an I.D.
The Why
Community

Gimme shelter: Why a city as poor as Philly has relatively fewer people living on the streets

Despite being America's poorest big city, Philly has a surprisingly low rate of street homelessness compared to other large cities. What's behind this counterintuitive trend?

Air Date: December 19, 2018

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Homeless men crowd into the dining room of the Sunday Breakfast Association, where a prayer service was being held.
PlanPhilly
Community

City, shelters prepare for bitter cold Thanksgiving with outreach to Philly’s homeless

When the Code Blue starts Thursday at 7 a.m., 14 homeless outreach teams — four more than usual — will spread out though the city.

7 years ago

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