{"id":27580,"date":"2025-11-07T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27580\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:32:19","slug":"delaware-mayor-blames-philadelphia-for-citys-growing-homeless-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27580\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware mayor blames Philadelphia for city&#8217;s growing homeless crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wilmington, Delaware<\/a> Mayor John Carney blamed Philadelphia for the rise of homeless people in his city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">During a press conference last week, Carney announced new measures to tackle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/homeless-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">homelessness crisis<\/a>, including designating Christina Park as a place for unhoused individuals to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Carney leveled most of the blame on other cities and states that have been reportedly busing their homeless population to his city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/david-marcus-ive-seen-enough-human-suffering-homeless-encampments-know-trumps-new-policy-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DAVID MARCUS: I&#8217;VE SEEN ENOUGH HUMAN SUFFERING IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS TO KNOW TRUMP&#8217;S NEW POLICY IS RIGHT<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Carney-State-of-the-State.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware Gov. John Carney\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Wilmington Mayor John Carney accused Philadelphia of sending homeless people to his city. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/wilmington-del-homelessness-unhoused-strategy-carney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">He singled out Philadelphia<\/a> for its Stranded Traveler Assistance program, which provided taxpayer-funded bus tickets for homeless residents to any city in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s just not right for these other places, cities and towns to send their folks to Wilmington,&#8221; Carney said. &#8220;The constant influx from other cities and towns makes it harder for us to care for the population here, and most importantly, it\u2019s unfair to the city residents who live in these neighborhoods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, Carney&#8217;s office told Fox News Digital the mayor&#8217;s comment&#8217;s are based off information they have received.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ai-homeless-man-tiktok-prank-sparks-parental-panic-juvenile-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;AI HOMELESS MAN&#8217; TIKTOK PRANK SPARKS PARENTAL PANIC, JUVENILE ARRESTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carney had previously written to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker in May about her Kensington Community Revival Program, which aimed to clear an open-air drug market in the Kensington area.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/homeless-philadelphia.jpg\" alt=\"Homeless people on a Philadelphia street\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia&#8217;s Standard Traveler Assistance program has been transporting some homeless people outside the city. (Tayfun Coskun\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the start of the Kensington Community Revival Program, we have observed a dramatic increase of individuals experiencing homelessness within our borders,&#8221; Carney wrote, <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/wilmington-mayor-john-carney-tackles-homelessness-blames-other-cities-including-philadelphia-influx\/18110442\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to 6ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/new-study-just-exposed-corruption-behind-americas-homelessness-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A NEW STUDY JUST EXPOSED THE CORRUPTION BEHIND AMERICA&#8217;S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to Parker&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/investigations\/taxpayers-buying-one-way-bus-tickets-for-phillys-unhoused-population\/4269512\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBC Philadelphia<\/a>, the Stranded Traveler Assistance has funded 875 trips across 276 U.S. cities between 2021 to 2025. Of those trips, 14 were sent to Delaware with eight sent to Wilmington specifically.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cherelle-Parker.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>John Carney pointed to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker&#8217;s Kensington Community Revival Program as a factor in his city&#8217;s homeless crisis. (Philadelphia Mayor&#8217;s Office\/X)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carney&#8217;s comments came months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing cities and states to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/homeless-people-can-removed-from-streets-cities-states-new-trump-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">remove homeless individuals<\/a> off the streets for rehabilitation, treatment and other facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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