The initiative offers rent to landlords to house young LGBTQ people.When Nadia Butler, 23, came out as a transgender person, her North Philadelphia family couldn’t handle it.“You’re not welcome here,” she was told. “Get your stuff and go.”She did, experiencing homelessness for six years, starting at 17. “Staying in bandos [abandoned buildings], having sex for money, being attacked a couple of times,” Butler said. “That’s hard, sleeping in the streets.”Just a month ago, all that changed.Butler began living in a five-bedroom West Philadelphia apartment as part of a new initiative open to...…The initiative offers rent to landlords to house young LGBTQ people.When Nadia Butler, 23, came out as a transgender person, her North Philadelphia family couldn’t handle it.“You’re not welcome here,” she was told. “Get your stuff and go.”She did, experiencing homelessness for six years, starting at 17. “Staying in bandos [abandoned buildings], having sex for money, being attacked a couple of times,” Butler said. “That’s hard, sleeping in the streets.”Just a month ago, all that changed.Butler began living in a five-bedroom West Philadelphia apartment as part of a new initiative open to...WW…

The encampment is one of 30 that currently exist in the city.City workers on Wednesday power-washed areas where people had established a homeless encampment in the concourse of a Center City PATCO station, then allowed the occupants to stay — for now.The grouping of 30 to 60 people living beneath Locust and 15th Streets, and Locust and 13th Streets, is believed to be the first indoor encampment with tents ever created in the city, according to Liz Hersh, director of Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services.The encampment is one of 30 that currently exist in the city, she said. Encampments...…The encampment is one of 30 that currently exist in the city.City workers on Wednesday power-washed areas where people had established a homeless encampment in the concourse of a Center City PATCO station, then allowed the occupants to stay — for now.The grouping of 30 to 60 people living beneath Locust and 15th Streets, and Locust and 13th Streets, is believed to be the first indoor encampment with tents ever created in the city, according to Liz Hersh, director of Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services.The encampment is one of 30 that currently exist in the city, she said. Encampments...WW…

It's part of the agreement that closed the sprawling, controversial homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in October.City officials have selected a Hatfield nonprofit affiliated with a church that once sued the city on behalf of impoverished residents to create Philadelphia’s first-ever tiny-house village for the homeless, The Inquirer has learned.The agency, Sanctuary Village, will build the site on city-owned property at 7979 State Rd., the campus of Riverview Personal Care Home in Northeast Philadelphia, according to Liz Hersh, director of the city’s Office of Homeless...…It's part of the agreement that closed the sprawling, controversial homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in October.City officials have selected a Hatfield nonprofit affiliated with a church that once sued the city on behalf of impoverished residents to create Philadelphia’s first-ever tiny-house village for the homeless, The Inquirer has learned.The agency, Sanctuary Village, will build the site on city-owned property at 7979 State Rd., the campus of Riverview Personal Care Home in Northeast Philadelphia, according to Liz Hersh, director of the city’s Office of Homeless...WW…

Driven by “selfishness and fear,” many Americans are jumping the vaccination line with an elbows-out, I-deserve-it-more attitude.Rich, white New Yorkers flock to a low-income Dominican community and awaiting COVID-19 vaccinations in a cynical moment of intracity vaccine tourism.Former 76ers basketball great tells the world that NBA players “deserve some preferential treatment” in getting vaccinated because they pay such high taxes.A Manhattan SoulCycle spin instructor whose followers include Madonna and Kelly Ripa and therefore more worthy of getting a shot than, well, just about anyone...…Driven by “selfishness and fear,” many Americans are jumping the vaccination line with an elbows-out, I-deserve-it-more attitude.Rich, white New Yorkers flock to a low-income Dominican community and awaiting COVID-19 vaccinations in a cynical moment of intracity vaccine tourism.Former 76ers basketball great tells the world that NBA players “deserve some preferential treatment” in getting vaccinated because they pay such high taxes.A Manhattan SoulCycle spin instructor whose followers include Madonna and Kelly Ripa and therefore more worthy of getting a shot than, well, just about anyone...WW…

He's credited with helping to create a “simple but elegant” solution to the problem of hospital personnel's disturbing patients during nighttime interactions: a nurse’s wearable night light.In America, the college dorm room has a special place in business lore.Facebook, Google, Reddit, Dell, and Snapchat were all invented by students in cramped quarters, their big dreams sharing precious space with bags of Doritos and overflowing laundry baskets.Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing senior living in the campus’ Lauder College House, hopes to...…He's credited with helping to create a “simple but elegant” solution to the problem of hospital personnel's disturbing patients during nighttime interactions: a nurse’s wearable night light.In America, the college dorm room has a special place in business lore.Facebook, Google, Reddit, Dell, and Snapchat were all invented by students in cramped quarters, their big dreams sharing precious space with bags of Doritos and overflowing laundry baskets.Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing senior living in the campus’ Lauder College House, hopes to...WW…

Founded by Temple University students and neighborhood activists in 2010, Urban Creators is run in large part these days by young friends in their 20s who started doing odd jobs at the farm as teens.The Life Do Grow Farm on North 11th and Dauphin Streets in North Philadelphia was carved out of the poorest part of the Once an illegal dump, set beside a SEPTA Regional Rail line, the two-acre plot is studded by trees — some in planters made of painted tires — and lined with beds normally thick with flowers and vegetables in the growing season. Run by a grassroots nonprofit called Urban...…Founded by Temple University students and neighborhood activists in 2010, Urban Creators is run in large part these days by young friends in their 20s who started doing odd jobs at the farm as teens.The Life Do Grow Farm on North 11th and Dauphin Streets in North Philadelphia was carved out of the poorest part of the Once an illegal dump, set beside a SEPTA Regional Rail line, the two-acre plot is studded by trees — some in planters made of painted tires — and lined with beds normally thick with flowers and vegetables in the growing season. Run by a grassroots nonprofit called Urban...WW…

Encampment organizer Jennifer Bennetch declared: “This is the last night of the camp.” City officials were more cautious.Both an urban scourge and a broadly popular protest, the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is all but gone, its population as of Monday night believed to have plummeted to just two.While workers from the city and a landscaping company ringed a 6-foot high, 2,200-foot chain-link fence around the controversial site that was once home to as many as 150 people, encampment organizer Jennifer Bennetch declared: “This is the last night of the camp.”City...…Encampment organizer Jennifer Bennetch declared: “This is the last night of the camp.” City officials were more cautious.Both an urban scourge and a broadly popular protest, the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is all but gone, its population as of Monday night believed to have plummeted to just two.While workers from the city and a landscaping company ringed a 6-foot high, 2,200-foot chain-link fence around the controversial site that was once home to as many as 150 people, encampment organizer Jennifer Bennetch declared: “This is the last night of the camp.”City...WW…

Neighbors have often complained about incidents of violence and confrontation in and around the encampment. Recent days have seen a continuation of fraught encounters.Shrinking dramatically within the last few days, the on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has substantially fewer tents and perhaps no more than 25 occupants, down from an estimated peak of 150 during the summer.One of its organizers predicted the site at North 22nd Street could be vacated as soon as Monday — a relatively quick denouement after an agonizingly slow four-month process of negotiations between organizers and the city...…Neighbors have often complained about incidents of violence and confrontation in and around the encampment. Recent days have seen a continuation of fraught encounters.Shrinking dramatically within the last few days, the on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has substantially fewer tents and perhaps no more than 25 occupants, down from an estimated peak of 150 during the summer.One of its organizers predicted the site at North 22nd Street could be vacated as soon as Monday — a relatively quick denouement after an agonizingly slow four-month process of negotiations between organizers and the city...WW…

Apparently, many New Yorkers wake up one day and recognize that they live in extortionately priced shoe boxes amid an aggressive populace without backyards or inner peace. So, they come here. Related stories U.S. census numbers show that the flow of New Yorkers moving to our city is slightly greater than the drain of Philadelphians heading to the Big Apple. The migration was sensed by an Inquirer reader who contacted Curious Philly, our Q&A forum that allows readers to send us queries about topics piquing their interest, and asked the following: Is there an influx of New Yorkers moving...…Apparently, many New Yorkers wake up one day and recognize that they live in extortionately priced shoe boxes amid an aggressive populace without backyards or inner peace. So, they come here. Related stories U.S. census numbers show that the flow of New Yorkers moving to our city is slightly greater than the drain of Philadelphians heading to the Big Apple. The migration was sensed by an Inquirer reader who contacted Curious Philly, our Q&A forum that allows readers to send us queries about topics piquing their interest, and asked the following: Is there an influx of New Yorkers moving...WW…

The encampment sprung up during the protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and has been labeled by its inhabitants as a “no cop zone.”Philadelphia officials say they are nearing an agreement that could disband by the end of the month, but some organizers of the encampment caution that a deal is far from certain.“We’re hopeful that we’ll reach agreement this week around the timeline for the camp to voluntarily dissolve,” Eva Gladstein, the city’s deputy managing director of health and human services, said Tuesday of the encampment of more than 100 people. “From the...…The encampment sprung up during the protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and has been labeled by its inhabitants as a “no cop zone.”Philadelphia officials say they are nearing an agreement that could disband by the end of the month, but some organizers of the encampment caution that a deal is far from certain.“We’re hopeful that we’ll reach agreement this week around the timeline for the camp to voluntarily dissolve,” Eva Gladstein, the city’s deputy managing director of health and human services, said Tuesday of the encampment of more than 100 people. “From the...WW…