800 Voter Registration Identification cards had arrived in the mail at 802 North Broad Street. Roosevelt Darby, Deputy Director of Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness (PCEH) recalls that a visit from a city official soon followed. Once the commissioner realized the cards arrived at the PCEH Day Center, and that the center was providing a legitimate civic good, suspicion turned into cooperation. Since that incident some years ago, similar relationships have developed throughout Philadelphia. These relationships ensure that homeless people retain their constitutional right to vote.

As November’s City Council election draws nearer and the temperature outside begins to fall, life will become harder for the Philadelphians who call the streets their home. Democratic At-Large City Council candidates Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, Bill Green, and Councilman Bill Greenlee have plans on how to help those people on the streets and help prevent homelessness. The other Democratic At-Large City Council candidates had not responded at deadline.

The upcoming Philadelphia City Council election is the first since Mayor John Street's 2005 announcement of Philadelphia’s Ten Year Plan To End Homelessness. The Ten Year Plan is not mentioned on the websites of Republican At-Large City Council candidates Frank Rizzo, Jr., David Oh, or Patricia Mattern, but each provided a detailed position on the issue of homelessness. Jack Kelly's campaign had not responded at deadline.