The D.C. Council approved the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget on July 28 without increasing funding for homeless services.

D.C.’s homelessness declined in 2025, but housing advocates warn budget cuts threaten progress amid ongoing service and voucher shortfalls.

The D.C. budget passed the D.C. Council’s first vote on July 14, with some cuts to social services and homelessness programs reversed.

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

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. 

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

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.

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

D.C.’s Rapid Rehousing halts new entries amid budget crisis, leaving hundreds without housing support until at least October.

Advocates urge D.C. to revamp its approach to youth homelessness. A new plan could address housing, employment, and mental health needs.

When the group of fluorescently dressed volunteers reached the edge of the biggest remaining encampment in Foggy Bottom, they paused….

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget issued a sweeping memorandum freezing nearly all federal aid, including funds for homelessness and domestic violence service organizations.

We are getting very disturbing reports from D.C.’s Department of Health as we prepare to remember those who have died without the dignity of a home and a proper burial for this year’s memorial service and vigil.

As the fiscal year 2025 budget cuts kick in, only 10 to 11 individuals experiencing homelessness will be matched with a voucher each month.

Now, D.C. has the chance to become a national model for eliminating family poverty by strengthening the Child Tax Credit (CTC).

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

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.

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

Conducted every January, the PIT Count is a federally-mandated survey of people experiencing homelessness nationwide.