Hundreds in Washington D.C. may lose housing aid as federal funds for the pandemic-era EHV program run out.

D.C.’s largest shelter, CCNV, plans a new complex combining non-congregate shelter units with affordable housing and supportive services.

D.C.’s ICH delays strategic plans as staffing drops to one amid hiring freeze and budget cuts from federal shortfalls.

D.C.’s proposed budget would cut the number of work hours the city will pay for in half for community support workers, limiting services. 

As D.C. faces extreme heat this summer, the most vulnerable in the city, including those experiencing homelessness, are at greater risk. 

Housing advocates are condemning Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget cuts to social safety net and housing programs in her FY 2026 budget.

We were honored to receive five awards from the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Repeated encampment closures at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library displaced at least a dozen people in the last month and closed one of the last places people regularly sleep outside downtown. 

Budget season is in full swing, and, like in past years, the D.C. Council has a vastly different vision for the city’s fiscal future than the mayor.

Las consecuencias de la falta de traducción son potencialmente muy graves ya que puede llevar a que las rechacen o se aprovechen de ellas.

Getting a housing voucher is just the first hurdle to exit homelessness. Moving in can take months as people face delays.

A new report aims to understand services for youth experiencing homelessness and to encourage a plan that works to end youth homelessness. 

Housing worry the budget, which cuts welfare, Medicaid, and housing, seeks economic growth at the expense of the city’s most vulnerable.

Vennie Marie Hill, a writer, singer, friend, native Washingtonian, and Street Sense vendor, died Feb. 26. She was 55 years old.

Longtime homelessness advocate and lawyer Maria Foscarinis’ new book reframes the way readers think about homelessness.

Solar can come with a daunting price tag, but Solar for All helps Washingtonians reduce their bills and footprints.

Landlords, city officials, and housing advocates debate how public policy impacts affordable housing for better or worse.

Many encampments had been previously closed, and residents expressed anger at what is starting to feel like a game of whack-a-mole. 

A year after SCOTUS ruling, advocates say criminalizing homelessness worsens housing crisis and cuts key support programs.

In 2023, for the first time, more than half of those who died while experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C., died of an opioid overdose.