Philadelphia to clear homeless encampment at ‘open-air drug market’ 

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Philadelphia's mayor announced plans to clear a homeless encampment in the city's 'open-air drug market'

The city of Philadelphia will clear a homeless encampment in the Kensington section of the city this week. The area is commonly known as theClearing the encampment in the section of the city was a campaign promise of recently-elected Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker.

The Kensington section of Philadelphia has been plagued by the negative ramifications of the illegal billion-dollar opioid trade running rampant, thejust in the Kensington area alone. During that same timeframe, there were more than 1,400 shootings in the same area, according to reports..

The city’s efforts to remove the encampment will be the final stage of a “month-long encampment resolution process” that began in April, the

 

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