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NewsBy Jenna Lee July 9, 2025
Hundreds in D.C. could lose housing assistance as federal funds end
Hundreds in Washington D.C. may lose housing aid as federal funds for the pandemic-era EHV program run out.
NewsBy Sam Belmar July 8, 2025
D.C.’s largest shelter, CCNV, explores plans to develop new complex combining shelter, affordable housing
D.C.’s largest shelter, CCNV, plans a new complex combining non-congregate shelter units with affordable housing and supportive services.
NewsBy Jenna Lee July 8, 2025
D.C. homeless services body delays strategic plans amid staffing shortages
D.C.’s ICH delays strategic plans as staffing drops to one amid hiring freeze and budget cuts from federal shortfalls.
NewsBy Donte Kirby July 7, 2025
D.C.’s proposed budget would cut some mental health workers’ hours in half, limiting access to care
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.
NewsBy Mackenzie Konjoyan July 5, 2025
D.C. residents living outside most at risk as heat emergencies increase amid rising temperatures
As D.C. faces extreme heat this summer, the most vulnerable in the city, including those experiencing homelessness, are at greater risk.
NewsBy Jenna Lee July 3, 2025
In hearings and protests, community decries Bowser’s budget cuts to housing, services
Housing advocates are condemning Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget cuts to social safety net and housing programs in her FY 2026 budget.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia June 25, 2025
Street Sense’s 2024 award winners
We were honored to receive five awards from the D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
NewsBy Madi Koesler June 23, 2025
Encampment Updates: People sleeping at MLK Library moved twice in eight days
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.
NewsBy Donte Kirby June 20, 2025
In budget hearings, councilmembers question cuts to city services aiding D.C.’s most vulnerable
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.
NewsBy Franziska Wild June 13, 2025
En los albergues del Distrito de Columbia, las personas que no hablan inglés sufren las consecuencias de la falta de traducción
Las consecuencias de la falta de traducción son potencialmente muy graves ya que puede llevar a que las rechacen o se aprovechen de ellas.
NewsBy Emily Sohl June 12, 2025
The long road home through D.C.’s housing voucher system
Getting a housing voucher is just the first hurdle to exit homelessness. Moving in can take months as people face delays.
NewsBy Sarah Eccleston June 11, 2025
Nonprofit spreads the word about lack of city resources allocated to D.C. youth experiencing homelessness
A new report aims to understand services for youth experiencing homelessness and to encourage a plan that works to end youth homelessness.
NewsBy Donte Kirby June 10, 2025
Bowser releases new budget prioritizing economic growth over social safety nets
Housing worry the budget, which cuts welfare, Medicaid, and housing, seeks economic growth at the expense of the city’s most vulnerable.
NewsBy Ella Mitchell May 21, 2025
Remembering Vennie Hill: A writer, singer, and friend
Vennie Marie Hill, a writer, singer, friend, native Washingtonian, and Street Sense vendor, died Feb. 26. She was 55 years old.
NewsBy Cara Halford May 21, 2025
Homelessness advocate’s new book, “And Housing for All” centers housing as a human right
Longtime homelessness advocate and lawyer Maria Foscarinis’ new book reframes the way readers think about homelessness.
NewsBy Ann Duan May 21, 2025
For income-qualified residents of Washington, D.C., there is still time to go solar at no cost
Solar can come with a daunting price tag, but Solar for All helps Washingtonians reduce their bills and footprints.
NewsBy Gabriel Zakaib May 21, 2025
D.C. needs more affordable housing. Why does no one want to build it?
Landlords, city officials, and housing advocates debate how public policy impacts affordable housing for better or worse.
NewsBy Franziska Wild / Madi Koesler May 21, 2025
Encampment Updates: Residents find problems with the Aston
Many encampments had been previously closed, and residents expressed anger at what is starting to feel like a game of whack-a-mole.
NewsBy Atmika Iyer May 7, 2025
One year after SCOTUS decision allowing cities to criminalize sleeping in public, advocates say homelessness is worsening
A year after SCOTUS ruling, advocates say criminalizing homelessness worsens housing crisis and cuts key support programs.
NewsBy Katherine Wilkison / Gabriel Zakaib May 7, 2025
Opioid overdoses are a leading cause of death for D.C.’s homeless. The programs that prevent them are threatened.
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.
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