Both Philadelphia officials and organizers of the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway — two months old as of Monday — have discussed the possibility of using tiny homes to house many of those now living in tents on a ball field at 22nd Street. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
According to Kerri Hartnett, Prevention Point Philadelphia’s drop-in coordinator, starting in March, she began hearing of people being scammed out of unemployment money and stimulus checks in Kensington. For many experiencing homelessness, it’s difficult to secure these needed benefits. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
In Kensington and surrounding areas, Hispanic and Latinx people are among those who need relief and support, most. According to the Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey data, approximately 60% of the population in Kensington, Fairhill, and Harrowgate is Hispanic. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Although COVID-19 has put a spotlight on housing inequality, our city had serious housing issues long before the pandemic hit. Now is the time for organizations in the public and private sector to help address this crisis and specifically work towards rectifying the wrongs to Black, brown, Latinx, and communities of color. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
As storm warnings mounted, camp organizers helped raise funds to house some people in temporary shelters, while others spent Sunday shoring up the flimsy shelters with extra stakes and tarps. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
PHA’s aggressive, short-sighted response –– to threaten the organizers with legal action, and intimidate protesters off the property with its private police force –– has crystallized what those facing housing instability have said for years. Neither it, nor Philly lawmakers, have a sound plan for helping low-income or homeless residents find safe housing, or for keeping Black and Brown residents in the neighborhoods they’ve long called home. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia officials have postponed the eviction of the homelessness protest encampment on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The city had given the roughly 150 residents of the camp until 9 a.m. Friday to leave, after weeks of negotiations broke down and pressure from neighborhood residents and sports leagues pushed officials to act. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
A group of people experiencing homelessness, now living at an encampment on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, say they’re staying put, despite a city order to dismantle the tents by Friday morning. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
People experiencing homelessness and their allies in the Workers Revolutionary Collective and Occupy PHA took control of field on the Parkway June 11 and have named it an autonomous, police-free zone. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Years of perceived inaction on the part of Philly officials over affordable housing could come to a head this Friday, when the city plans to evict people living in an encampment along the Ben Franklin Parkway. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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