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Encampment outside Philadelphia Housing Authority headquarters also given notice to vacate by Friday

The encampment, located in a vacant lot on the corner of Ridge Avenue and Jefferson Street in Sharswood, began June 27.

Venus Black, shown here at the homeless encampment located at North 21st Street and Ridge Ave, where she has been staying for the last three weeks, in Philadelphia, on July 15th, 2020.
Venus Black, shown here at the homeless encampment located at North 21st Street and Ridge Ave, where she has been staying for the last three weeks, in Philadelphia, on July 15th, 2020.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer
    by Ellie Rushing
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