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Homeless encampment the day after agreement

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The housing agreement between the city and organizers of the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that will end their four-month-long impasse by week’s end is “unprecedented” in U.S. history, according to local and national experts.

The sun breaks through the trees by part of the encampment on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Oct. 14, 2020. The encampment organizers reached an agreement with Philadelphia to leave.
The sun breaks through the trees by part of the encampment on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Oct. 14, 2020. The encampment organizers reached an agreement with Philadelphia to leave.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
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