Food insecurity is a growing issue in D.C. A system of organizations in D.C. help residents access healthy and low-cost nutrition.

The D.C. council approved the budget last week, funding 619 housing vouchers. But housing advocates warn it’s still not enough. 

D.C. is working to help people with lived experience of homelessness advocate for themselves and others by training them as case managers.

Over 2,000 families may be back in shelters or out on the streets as families are removed from Rapid Rehousing (RRH) program.

Homelessness increased in Washington, D.C. by 14% during 2023. This is the second consecutive year homelessness has risen in the District.

Homeless shelters for individuals in D.C. were full or nearly full for much of April, leaving people with few options but to sleep outside.

Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) vouchers provide long-term rent support and case management. D.C.’s voucher system is under strain.

D.C. and the National Park Service closed encampments across Foggy Bottom in mid-May, displacing at least 50 people.

A new bill would make school lunch free for everyone in D.C. But it’s not funded in proposals for the coming year’s budget.

While D.C. has some policies and programs that have made the city a leader in combating youth homelessness, it has failed to deliver on promises of ending youth homelessness entirely by 2022.

The Supreme Court will soon decide Grants Pass v. Johnson, determining if cities can punish people sleeping on public property when there is no shelter.

Last month, the D.C. Department of Health gave several street vendors cease-and-desist orders, despite recent reforms.

Two months after bargaining began between Unity Health Care and its unionized providers, the union has filed an unfair labor charge.

D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services closed an encampment at the corner of 9th and Mt. Olivet St. NE on May 7.

DC Doors, a youth drop-in center in DC, is implementing new security measures after a shooting at the facility in December.

D.C. police temporarily detained a pregnant Black woman during an encampment closure on April 17, holding her in a police van for an hour.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Supreme Court to protest the criminalization of homelessness during Grants Pass v. Johnson.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 2025 proposed budget cuts funding for eviction prevention and homeless services and has no new housing vouchers.

Vending machines around the city will provide Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and other harm reduction supplies.

Street Sense’s biweekly column on encampment closures returns to detail four closures and clearings in mid-April.