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

D.C. launches new comprehensive planning efforts to fight displacement and expand access to affordable housing across the District.

The D.C. Council advanced an act to prevent tenants’ pending ERAP applications from stalling their evictions.

D.C. officials report a slowdown in housing placements amid voucher backlog and staffing shortages across homelessness services.

Mayor Bowser’s housing plan aims to aid landlords but raises concerns about tenant rights, evictions, and affordable housing access.

As D.C. speeds up the pace of encampment closures, some people experiencing homelessness in Foggy Bottom were forced to move twice in three days, the second time with little notice.

D.C. expands homeless encampment closures beyond health and safety concerns, putting more residents at risk of displacement.

Following a social media post by President Donald Trump, D.C. closed a large encampment next to the E Street Expressway with only a day’s notice.

The Office of Migrant Services began scaling back its services in March 2024, and closed all three hotel shelters by the end of 2024.

D.C. homeless services must prioritize public input and ensure accountability and real solutions for homelessness, Reginald Black writes.

As public space grows increasingly rare in the District, encampment engagements significantly increased in 2024, displacing over 100 people, based on Street Sense’s reporting.

An audit found D.C. homelessness services were not meeting regulations around maintaining records and conducting shelter inspections.

A bill to streamline the involuntary commitment process for people with severe mental illness passed its first vote in the D.C. Council on Dec. 3.

Ahead of its last meeting of the year, the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) delayed the approval of its 2025 Work Plan to March.

The D.C. Council passed a bill to make one homeless shelter pet-friendly and cap the amount landlords can charge in pet rent on Dec. 17.

In November, DMHHS closed four encampment sites in D.C., displacing at least seven people experiencing homelessness. 

The D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) began admitting tenants into The Aston, the city’s first non-congregate shelter for medically vulnerable people and adult families.

Laura Zeilinger, director of D.C.’s Department of Human Services (DHS), announced that she will leave her position at the end…