11 years earlier, he had thought up the idea of the mobile laundromat while incarcerated, and felt that the time had come to give it a try.

More than 200 volunteers canvassed Philadelphia on Wednesday night for the federally mandated annual homeless census, known ...

Philadelphia’s new push to get to “a functional zero in homelessness” — meaning no one seeking shelter is turned away for lack of space — will depend in large part on creating enough new beds in ...

On Tuesday morning, PHLCares donated $500,000 to Hope 220, which is the Philly area’s new low-barrier transitional housing facility that will better serve the homeless/unhoused population in the area.

The Hope 220 Solution Center in the Spring Garden neighborhood is part of an effort to eliminate homelessness in Philadelphia.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled her plans to tackle homelessness in ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has announced a ban on the feeding of large numbers of homeless people outdoors, calling it unsanitary and undignified, according to CBS Philly. Suggested Reading ...

Philadelphia teen Richard Jenkins used to sleep in a homeless shelter and was nicknamed “Harvard” by bullies for being a bookworm. Now, he is going to the same Ivy League school on a full scholarship.

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The attorney for Philadelphia homeless man John Bobbitt, whose act of kindness led to a $400,000 GoFundMe fundraiser to presumably help him, said all of the cash raised in his client's ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More than 200 volunteers canvassed Philadelphia on Wednesday night for the federally mandated annual homeless census, known as the Point in Time Count. The count includes all ...