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The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office dismantled an encampment outside the University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia, where protesters set up shop last month to oppose the sale of the long-term affordable housing complex. Developer IBID Associates last year declined to renew its federal contract for subsidized housing at the 70-unit facility, which it hopes to sell for redevelopment. Housing advocates have pushed back against what they believe is another instance of displacement of predominantly Black and Latino residents in Philadelphia.

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