Greenway safety concerns raise broader questions about homelessness in Bethlehem

Three months after 85 Litzenberger House residents signed a petition calling for improved safety along the South Bethlehem Greenway, residents say some conditions have improved, but questions remain about the unhoused population along the trail.

Litzenberger House, a 100-unit low-income housing building operated by the Bethlehem Housing Authority, sits directly behind a pavilion on the Greenway.

The petition, presented to Bethlehem City Council and Bethlehem Housing Authority in July, called to make the Greenway safer for residents and other members of the public. According to petition organizer Krisann Drust-Lustig, a Litzenberger resident, the petition was prompted by a June 28 stabbing on the Greenway…

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