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 ...

Homelessness has risen in Philadelphia over the last four years, according to a new city report obtained by NBC10. The report shows that the city’s unhoused population decreased from 2020 to 2021 but ...

The ‘One Philly Plan to End Street Homelessness’ is a partnership with Jefferson Hospital in an attempt to help thousands of homeless residents.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Hundreds of volunteers gathered late Wednesday night to begin an official count of Philadelphia's homeless population. Action News was at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on North ...

Philadelphia city leaders and hundreds of volunteers will hit the streets late Wednesday night to find people experiencing homelessness. It's all part of the annual federally required Point in Time ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- For those without homes in Philadelphia, Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission is opening its arms this Thanksgiving. The rescue mission has been around for 141 years helping the hungry ...

This story originally appeared in The Philadelphia Tribune. Volunteers are needed for the city’s Office of Homeless Services’ annual count and survey of Philadelphians who are currently experiencing ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will reflect on 2025 while looking ahead to 2026 in her second State of the City address.

As heat indexes push into the triple digits, outreach workers from the nonprofit Horizon House are walking the streets of Philadelphia to check on people experiencing homelessness — offering cold ...

Cheryl Hill, who has spent three decades working in affordable housing and homeless services, has been tapped by Mayor Cherelle Parker to serve as the executive director of Philadelphia's Office of ...

The number of people who died from drug overdoses in Philadelphia declined by 7% in 2023, the first drop-off in five years, according to data released Wednesday. Life expectancy in the city also rose ...

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 ...