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.

D.C. is moving to close more encampments, sometimes with only 24 hours’ notice for the encampment residents.

Over 130 people flocked to Franklin Park to celebrate the People for Fairness Coalition’s fifteenth anniversary.

Over the last 5 years, D.C. has had to return millions in federal grants to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The D.C. Council passed the city’s fiscal year 2024 budget on March 30, reversing cuts proposed by the mayor.

The city permanently removed the people living outside of Street Sense Media’s offices.

Advocates protested outside Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home after she said only 221 people are homeless in the District at an oversight hearing.

D.C.’s budget will help the city implement bills to protect domestic workers, street vendors and young people in foster care.