Homelessness

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.

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.

Two animal shelters in Delaware are making room for dogs from Texas, where shelters are burdened with an increased intake of dogs after H ...

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 ...

To be addicted ...

Every Sunday from the spring until the fall, Philadelphia’s historic Headhouse Shambles is transformed into a busy farmers market f ...

As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...

I 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.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority will soon be moving its headquarters from Center City to North Philadelphia. On Wednesday, bene ...

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.

The suffering I witnessed in the course of some recent reporting I did on the opioid epidemic weighed more heavily on me than a ...

The Philadelphia region is about to lose a federally-funded homeless outreach program. The loss comes at a time of uncertainty for ...

In the nation’s poorest big city, with an overburdened shelter system that regularly turns away requests for housing, our eviction rate ...

About a year ago I interviewed a woman who volunteers at a church-sponsored soup kitchen in Center City. The essay, “ ...

The city controller’s latest economic report shows many promising signs for the City of Philadelphia’s finances, driven large ...