In just seven days, District authorities closed three encampments, displacing over 40 people, many without a plan of where to go next. 

The Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services conducted a “full clean-up” and a “trash removal” at two encampments in Foggy Bottom.

D. C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared four encampments during the week of June 24.

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

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.

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.

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

D.C. removed an encampment near the Anacostia river on March 27. No residents were present during the closure.

A new story by Peaceful Tobias.

D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared three encampments during the week of March 11.

The National Park Service will close park area in Foggy Bottom on May 15, displacing part of a 28-tent encampment.

D.C. is relying on immediate dispositions to close encampments at high rates, officials testified at a Feb. 8 oversight hearing.

D.C. officials closed an encampment near Judiciary Square on Jan. 31. At least two residents lived there before the closure.

Street Sense sat down with the CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Ann Oliva.

By 10 a.m. on July 13, two encampments in the NoMa neighborhood dissipated, leaving remnants of the lives of those who resided there.

Artist and Vendor Amina Washington writes about the dangers of the city’s policies clearing encampments, especially in the summer months.

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

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

Homelessness in DC rose for the first time in years, as the city debated cutting funding for programs aimed at preventing and ending it.

Note from the author: I wrote this to elevate the conversation about homelessness in D.C. I want people to get…