Two Sides of the Street
Posted by Robert Fisher on February 29, 2008
Two Sides of the Street | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/24/2008
Center City’s street population – 85 percent of whom are mentally ill or addicted or both – is the highest in 10 years, according to the city’s homeless outreach center. But that’s only the most visible part of the homeless situation. Shelters, which cater more to families, are running at capacity with 20 percent more beds than five years ago, city statistics show.
