Homeless encampment the day after agreement
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The housing agreement between the city and organizers of the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that will end their four-month-long impasse by week’s end is “unprecedented” in U.S. history, according to local and national experts.
![The sun breaks through the trees by part of the encampment on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Oct. 14, 2020. The encampment organizers reached an agreement with Philadelphia to leave.](https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/kMDBXzwwF2mr9DH-OXiaYBXnReg=/760x507/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/LY4DYYQILVFHVKC3GR7J7OWL2I.jpg)