A NEW PHILADELPHIA STAY-AT-HOME order shut down all non-life-essential businesses, gatherings, and activities Monday due to the rising severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the order didn’t stop the city’s plans to remove people experiencing homelessness from an encampment near the Convention Center Monday morning.
“Homeless Services is absolutely an essential service,” said Liz Hersch, the director of Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services. “We are still open for business, and people are becoming homeless every day. It’s a horrifying reality that doesn’t stop.”
By Claire Wolters
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