The City of Philadelphia’s Point in Time Homeless Count has been released, and this quarter the number of “street homeless” in the city decreased from 601 last summer to 588 this year. In addition, “the number of persons living on the street in Center City decreased by 7%, while those in West Philadelphia and the airport increased very slightly. After adding this number to the number of single individuals residing in the City’s shelters or sleeping at a homeless cafe, the total count of homeless single individuals declined by 8%.” Also according to the report, Philadelphia has the lowest ratio of unsheltered homeless compared to the general population among cities reporting the statistic (which includes New York, LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Miami, Seattle, and San Francisco).

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