Since the pandemic, the number of homeless people at PHL has increased. The city is hiring “unsheltered support services” at the airport.
Officer Ida Allen talks to a man sitting on a baggage claim at Terminal B at Philadelphia International Airport in 2020, amid efforts by the city to clear encampments of people experiencing homelessness who were gathering at the airport. In early 2024, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker issued an RFP to find a vendor to “reduce the presence of homeless individuals” at the airport.
An “encampment clearing initiative” at PHL went into effect on Feb. 24 and ended on March 10 in order to remove people who don’t have “official business” with the airport and appear to be living there, according to the city spokesperson. The Philadelphia Police Department was deployed and the Office of Homeless Services provided emergency shelter to those who were displaced. A tally of how many people were removed was not available at the time of publication.
“Reducing the presence of unsheltered individuals at PHL will make for a more pleasant airport experience for all. It is our hope that these individuals will receive the true assistance that they need,” reads the RFP.who are homeless at the airport has grown in the last three years, according to the RFP, which notes that the airport counts people who appear to be experiencing homelessness on its grounds three times a day.
The mayor’s proposed budget also includes $33 million in new spending on public safety efforts, and $36 million in funding for housing programs this year,During the early days of the pandemic, as shelters took in fewer people in Philadelphia in order to create safer conditions, some people experiencing homelessness migrated to the airport,
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