Since an initial Street Sense/DC Line investigation published this spring, D.C. has helped 17 young people in foster care get vouchers.

Nekisha Durret’s ‘Queen City,’ a sculpture in an Arlington park, memorializes a Black community displaced by the Pentagon.

Vendor and advocate Dominique Anthony works with local organizations to advocate for HIV awareness and prevention.

Street Sense sat down with Councilmember Matt Frumin to talk about his new bill reforming rent stabilization.

D.C. distributed a record number of housing vouchers over the last year, but some people are left behind in a slow process.

One Hawaiian housing developer is using a new model called kauhale to address homelessness, overcoming the barriers that hobble construction.

So Others Might Eat runs a mailroom for people experiencing homelessness to receive packages, letters, checks, and documents.

D.C.’s cooling centers, which help keep people experiencing homelessness safe during a heat emergency, are not fully open.

Street Sense sat down with the CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Ann Oliva.

Attendees at the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference spent the day on Capitol Hill talking to legislators.

The D.C. Council voted on reforms to rules governing rental applications and Rapid Rehousing.

By 10 a.m. on July 13, two encampments in the NoMa neighborhood dissipated, leaving remnants of the lives of those who resided there.

The One Journey Festival highlights the stories and contributions of refugees in the D.C. area.

HUD announced on June 8 that it will launch a new campaign to support LGBTQ+ identifying youth experiencing homelessness.

An advisory neighborhood commission passed a resolution in favor of turning the building into a shelter last month.

N St Village opened a new transitional housing facility for women, named after homeless rights advocate Sharon Hart.

D.C.’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program will not reopen applications this year despite $33 million in new federal funding.

A database that is supposed to inform the state of rent control in D.C. has been delayed for years.

A new guaranteed income pilot has come to the District to assist Black mothers with children involved in the child welfare system.

As D.C. residents prepare for a week of celebration, a community leader looks ahead to the pending activation of the Juneteenth Commission.