PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Cleaning up Kensington is a top priority for new Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker.
But now, a nonprofit providing harm reduction resources to residents is being forced to leave. They say that will make the dire situation in Kensington even worse.
From their storefront on Kensington Avenue, Savage Sisters Recovery offers public health services, running water, clean clothing and wound care for people suffering from addiction.
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Now, the team has learned City Councilmember Quetcy Lozada asked the real estate developer who owns the building where Savage Sisters is located to terminate the organization’s lease.
“We do a lot of hard, ugly, brutal work day in and day out, reversing overdoses and serving a community of individuals that have basically been forgotten, and to know that we are advocating for them and working so hard and to know that our leaders are disregarding that work is disheartening,” Sarah Laurel, the executive director of Savage Sisters Recovery, said.