Alicia Lozano hosted a discussion about how poverty impacts youth with guests Donna Cooper, executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, Dos Puntos host Emma Restrepo, and two Philadelphia students. | From: NBC 10 (Read more.)
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill that will provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Methodist Services offers 10 transitional housing units for LGBTQ young people ages 18-21 in its Quads on Lancaster supportive housing program with a familial approach. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Food insecurity — not having enough food to eat — causes drastic and unhealthy coping solutions for many high school athletes in and around Philly, yet students have overcome its consequences. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
This Friday, young people at the nonprofit People’s Emergency Center (PEC) will unveil a virtual experience of a drop-in center for youth experiencing housing insecurity they created in collaboration with a local media artist, Maria Alarcón. | From: Technical.ly Philly (Read more.)
Proposed legislation would provide free lawyers for Philly tenants at risk of evictions, similar to how defendants are guaranteed counsel in criminal court. Could it help even the playing field here, as it has in New York City? | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Philadelphia City Council took a step toward strengthening tenants’ rights Tuesday when a committee voted in favor of a bill that would provide free legal counsel to low-income residents facing eviction. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
A bill that would secure lawyers for low-income renters in eviction court moved out of City Council committee Tuesday. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The Day of Dignity campaign strives to help people who are homeless or from low-income households get hot meals, winter coats, hygiene kits, and other items. These events are expected to help 950 beneficiaries. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The U.S. Census Bureau erred in calculating a major national poverty measure — the second mistake reported by the bureau in the last month. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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