Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community and Justice released a report that noted housing and food insecurity among college students has increased since the pandemic. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The pop-up facility is a partnership between two neighborhood institutions along the Kensington Avenue corridor: Esperanza Health Center and Rock Ministries. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Kensington’s Mastbaum High School is on the short list of buildings being considered to host a drop-in site for Philadelphians with nowhere to go during the coronavirus pandemic, city officials confirmed. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
In Pennsylvania, Democratic state representatives are working on legislation that would freeze rent and mortgage payments across the state. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to prevent people from earning paychecks, Philadelphia is struggling to strike a delicate balance between the needs of newly unemployed renters and those of landlords with bank debts to pay off. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
A new Philadelphia stay-at-home order shut down all non-life-essential businesses, gatherings, and activities due to the rising severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the order didn’t stop the city’s plans to remove people experiencing homelessness from an encampment near the Convention Center Monday morning. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Unhoused residents are more vulnerable than ever, and outreach workers are doubling down their efforts to ensure their health and safety under the new CDC restrictions. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
According to Mike Dunn, the city’s senior deputy communications director, the city is developing plans for housing should separating people who are sick and experiencing homelessness become necessary. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Organizations such as Project HOME and Covenant House Pennsylvania, which provide thousands of Philadelphians with temporary housing, food and health care, have been forced to adjust their outreach efforts. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
Philadelphia officials plan to soon open a quarantine facility for people who cannot sequester themselves at home. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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