Homelessness
Housing comes first at Philly program for homeless heroin users
Pathways to Housing Pa. uses what's called a "housing-first" approach. Its program for those with severe opioid addiction is one of the first of its kind in the country.
8 years ago
Listen 5:57Facing closure amid police probe, Wilmington homeless shelter gets lifeline
An anonymous $10,000 grant will help a Wilmington homeless shelter stay open after a police investigation into missing funds threatened to close the facility.
8 years ago
Listen 0:00Philly Council takes aim at urban squatting scam
Philadelphia City Council is working to close a legal loophole that prevents evictions — even when a house is rented out by someone who doesn't own the place.
8 years ago
Far from battlefield, soldiers forced to continue fighting
Most of us recall when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, but in the American post-war narrative, many recently retired troops have become marginalized by our government.
8 years ago
Delaware animal shelter welcomes dogs from Texas [photos]
Two animal shelters in Delaware are making room for dogs from Texas, where shelters are burdened with an increased intake of dogs after H ...
8 years ago
New initiative coordinates services for homeless in Camden County
At a resource fair for homeless citizens in Camden Wednesday, fair-goers were treated to a hot breakfast, a hot shower if they needed it ...
8 years ago
Headhouse district contends with surge in panhandlers, homeless
Every Sunday from the spring until the fall, Philadelphia’s historic Headhouse Shambles is transformed into a busy farmers market f ...
8 years ago
The story behind Philly’s heroin encampment
As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...
8 years ago
Listen 13:03I told myself that as long as I maintained that appearance, the rotten blackness steadily devouring me from within was under control and would eventually recede.
8 years ago
Philadelphia Housing Authority relocating headquarters to North Philly
The Philadelphia Housing Authority will soon be moving its headquarters from Center City to North Philadelphia. On Wednesday, bene ...
8 years ago
‘People die of stigma. They don’t die from heroin.’
Paul Yabor, 55, an activist in the HIV/AIDs and harm reduction communities who suffered from a substance use disorder himself, died last week Tuesday of a drug overdose.
9 years ago
Under the bridge, a world of pain not so far from any of us
The suffering I witnessed in the course of some recent reporting I did on the opioid epidemic weighed more heavily on me than a ...
9 years ago
Southeast Pa. homeless assistance program to shut down
The Philadelphia region is about to lose a federally-funded homeless outreach program. The loss comes at a time of uncertainty for ...
9 years ago
Philly should relieve eviction crisis by funding legal representation for low-income tenants
In the nation’s poorest big city, with an overburdened shelter system that regularly turns away requests for housing, our eviction rate ...
9 years ago





