In frigid temperatures, service providers work to get Philadelphians out of the cold

As Philadelphia endured another day of historically frigid temperatures, outreach workers on Friday fielded hundreds of calls for shelter as warming centers filled with people seeking respite from the ...
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Philly conducts a homeless count each year. Here's why it's held in January, despite some drawbacks

Philadelphia's point-in-time count – a federally-mandated survey of homelessness in the city – happens each year in late January. On that night, volunteers fan out across the city to document how many ...
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Automated systems decide which homeless Philadelphians get housing and who stays on the street – often in ways that feel arbitrary to those waiting

Philadelphia has thousands of homeless residents living in shelters and on the streets. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-SA Seeing a person huddled under a makeshift roof of tarps or curled up ...
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Code Blue declared in Philadelphia as frigid conditions prompt emergency shelter response

The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services declared a Code Blue effective at 3 p.m. Sunday as dangerously cold weather moved into the ...
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Homelessness on the rise in Philadelphia, report shows

Homelessness has risen in Philadelphia over the last four years, according to a new city report obtained by NBC10. The report shows that the city’s unhoused population decreased from 2020 to 2021 but ...
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Trump is changing the way aid goes to cities. Philly stands to lose tens of millions of dollars for housing.

Philadelphia stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in federal funds intended to fight homelessness under a plan issued by the Trump administration that advocates say could significantly disrupt ...
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Delaware mayor blames Philadelphia program for busing homeless population to his city

Wilmington, Delaware, Mayor John Carney blamed Philadelphia for the rise of homeless people in his city. During a press conference last week, Carney announced new measures to tackle the homelessness ...
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NO STRAYS: Philly’s Presence of Groomed Dogs & Abundance of Homeless People | PicsVideo

There is Something Poetic and Painful About Returning Home After Decades Away. *Philadelphia—my birthplace, my identity-maker, my forever hometown—always grabs me by the spirit the moment my feet hit ...
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Trump is changing the way aid goes to cities. Philly stands to lose tens of millions of dollars for housing

Philadelphia stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in federal funds intended to fight homelessness under a plan issued by the Trump administration that advocates say could significantly disrupt ...
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Automated systems decide which homeless Philadelphians get housing and who stays on the street – often in ways that feel arbitrary to those waiting

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pelle G. Tracey, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) Seeing a person huddled ...