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 ...

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 ...

Data: City of Philadelphia and U.S. Housing and Urban Development; Chart: Axios Visuals As Philadelphia grapples with a lack of affordable housing and an ongoing opioid crisis, homelessness is ...

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 ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philly House, Philadelphia’s longest-running homeless shelter of 146 years, is now ...

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 ...

Visitors gather after a news conference in front of Project HOME’s Inn of Amazing Mercy in 2023. The supportive housing project stands to lose federal aid under a Trump administration plan.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has announced a ban on the feeding of large numbers of homeless people outdoors, calling it unsanitary and undignified, according to CBS Philly. Suggested Reading ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA -- Police say a man who was evicted from a North Philadelphia homeless shelter returned Sunday morning with a gun, killing one employee and injuring another. The incident occurred ...

Outraged protesters gathered at a lot in Kensington Wednesday after it was discovered that six homeless families were living there. NBC10 viewers sent us photos of the families who were living in ...