P hiladelphia police and city workers dismantled a homeless encampment in Kensington early Wednesday morning and ordered people living on the street to leave the area, the most visible action that ...

People cited for substance use in the Philly neighborhood will be offered the opportunity to enter a diversionary program ...

At the same time, more people are sheltering under bushes and trees. Homelessness along the riverbed rose after the city of ...

Smoke from a nearby homeless encampment wafts through their rowhouse walls. When Mayor Cherelle L. Parker took office in January and vowed to clean up Kensington for good, Encarnacion thought real ...

Volunteers with the Kensington Fire Safe Council say they fear the use of propane and open fires in illegal homeless encampments in Fairmount Canyon could spark a fire.

In May, the clearing of a large encampment of people with addiction on Kensington Avenue raised concerns among harm-reduction workers. City officials had said the clearing would be led by outreach ...

The mayor signed an executive order that gives the police department the option to make a summary arrest instead of a misdemeanor arrest for certain drug offenses.

"We’re not pointing the fingers at anyone," said Deputy Police Commissioner Pedro Rosario. "It’s a complicated issue that requires a complicated solution." ...