Local academics and service agencies partner to research and address homelessness in Philadelphia.

800 Voter Registration Identification cards had arrived in the mail at 802 North Broad Street. Roosevelt Darby, Deputy Director of Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness (PCEH) recalls that a visit from a city official soon followed. Once the commissioner realized the cards arrived at the PCEH Day Center, and that the center was providing a legitimate civic good, suspicion turned into cooperation. Since that incident some years ago, similar relationships have developed throughout Philadelphia. These relationships ensure that homeless people retain their constitutional right to vote.

The next mayor of Philadelphia, Al Taubenberger or Michael Nutter, has committed himself to reducing homelessness by improving coordination of the city's services.