Philadelphia officials are working on a plan to deal with a dramatic increase in the homeless population in Kensington — the neighborhood at the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis. “It is a ...

A survey included in the Penn study suggests that the Kensington encampments also reflected broader issues that lead to homelessness. People living at the encampment at Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly ...

KENSINGTON -- It's an argument that's pitted Kensington residents against those sleeping, and often abusing heroin, on the street. And there's no perfect solution. After a 30-day notice posted by the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia will temporarily shut down Kensington Avenue from East Orleans Street to Allegheny Avenue on Wednesday in Kensington as city workers clear an encampment of people in ...

KENSINGTON (WPVI) -- Two people were shot at a homeless camp in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood just after 1 a.m. Tuesday. Police say an unidentified man was shot in the head and pronounced ...

Philadelphia on Monday plans to temporarily shut down a stretch of Kensington Avenue — a street known worldwide as an open-air drug market — to clear out homeless encampments. Kensington has for years ...

UPDATE 8:34 p.m.: Philadelphia police dismantled the homeless encampment in Kensington on Wednesday, carrying out the instructions of Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration. As expected, people living ...

The Philadelphia Housing Authority has approved funding for 54 efficiency apartments in Kensington that will be for people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or recovering from a substance use ...

New video footage obtained from the troubled neighborhood of Kensington in Philadelphia shows dozens of homeless individuals openly injecting drugs in broad daylight and lying unconscious on ...