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Philly conducts a homeless count each year. Here's why it's held in January, despite some drawbacks

The annual survey helps guide the city's response to homelessness, which has been rising locally and nationwide for several ...
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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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Philadelphia has spent $270k on hundreds of one-way bus tickets to encourage homeless people to leave city

Philadelphia taxpayers have spent around $270,000 funding a scheme that buys one-way bus tickets for homeless people in an attempt to get them to leave the city. The Stranded Traveler Assistance ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Philadelphia Library Offers Jobs to the Formerly Homeless

Hoping to keep a Philadelphia library’s bathrooms clean and free of loiterers, a nonprofit group is employing formerly homeless people as bathroom attendants, reports the Associated Press. The Free ...
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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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East coast city claims bad neighbor Philadelphia is busing in homeless and destroying its streets

The Mayor of the vibrant Delaware city that Joe Biden calls home has accused officials from crime-ridden Philadelphia of busing in homeless people. John Carney, the mayor of Wilmington, the Diamond ...