Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect the correct name of the cemetery where the burial ceremony took place. Homeless advocates from several city agencies gathered at a Philadelphia ...

Philadelphia taxpayers have spent around $270,000 funding a scheme that buys one-way bus tickets for homeless people in an attempt to get them to leave the city. The Stranded Traveler Assistance ...

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 ...

Philadelphia Phillies royalty gathered at Citizens Bank Park to help raise awareness and critical funds for homeless youth as part of Covenant's House National Sleep Out. "When these kids get out of ...

There is Something Poetic and Painful About Returning Home After Decades Away. *Philadelphia—my birthplace, my identity-maker, my forever hometown—always grabs me by the spirit the moment my feet hit ...

Philadelphia stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in federal funds intended to fight homelessness under a plan issued by the Trump administration that advocates say could significantly disrupt ...

Seeing a person huddled under a makeshift roof of tarps or curled up on a warm grate can evoke powerful emotions and questions. How did they get here? Why doesn’t someone help them? What can I do ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man is in critical condition after a stabbing at the homeless encampment along the Ben Franklin Parkway on Tuesday night, according to authorities. It happened just before 8 p ...