Encampments
NewsBy Franziska Wild / Madi Koesler April 23, 2025
Encampment Updates: Closures continue as residents shuffle around the city
D.C. continues encampment closures under new protocol, displacing residents with reduced notice and limited support options.
NewsBy Franziska Wild April 9, 2025
Her encampment was closed the most in 2024. “Why are you doing this?” she asks.
Heather Bernard’s D.C. encampment faced 16 closures, highlighting gaps in housing support and agency coordination.
Encampment updates: As closures increase, so does frustration and displacement
D.C.’s rising encampment closures spark frustration, displacement, and conflict among unhoused residents and city officials.
NewsBy Katherine Wilkison April 9, 2025
Homeless services community warns Trump’s order to make D.C. “safe and beautiful” will just hide homelessness
A new Trump executive order targets D.C.’s homelessness and public safety, sparking fears of increased displacement and federal overreach.
NewsBy Franziska Wild March 26, 2025
Encampment updates: Back-to-back closures cause “anguish”
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.
NewsBy Franziska Wild March 12, 2025
D.C. will no longer only close encampments for health and safety, paving the way for more closures
D.C. expands homeless encampment closures beyond health and safety concerns, putting more residents at risk of displacement.
NewsBy Katherine Wilkison / Madi Koesler March 12, 2025
Encampment updates: D.C. closes Foggy Bottom encampment following Trump social media post
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.
NewsBy Madi Koesler February 26, 2025
Cigars, clean-ups, and closures: What do encampment “engagements” look like?
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.
NewsBy Madi Koesler / Franziska Wild February 12, 2025
Encampment updates: Most closures postponed due to cold weather
D.C. closed two encampments in early February, after rescheduling several times due to the cold weather.
NewsBy Tierra Cunningham / Carolina Bomeny December 4, 2024
Encampment Updates: NoMa encampment closed after fire
In November, DMHHS closed four encampment sites in D.C., displacing at least seven people experiencing homelessness.
ArtBy Laticia Brock November 20, 2024
My tented summer
Dedicated to all my tent family who died and still struggling with housing. As the heat hit my tent, the steam started to rise…
NewsBy Tierra Cunningham / Carolina Bomeny November 6, 2024
Encampment Updates: An involuntary hospitalization and full sweeps — inside D.C.’s eight encampment clean-ups in October
D.C. closed three encampments from Oct. 9 to Oct. 24 and did what the city refers to as “full clean-ups” at five others.
NewsBy Tierra Cunningham / Carolina Bomeny October 9, 2024
Encampment Update: Nine encampments closed so far this fall
D.C. closed nine encampments, did “full-clean ups” at six others, and postponed two scheduled closures due to bad weather between Aug. 27 and Oct. 8.
ArtBy Laticia Brock October 9, 2024
Shoutout to my tent city family
On them cold nights, breathing hot breaths to keep each other warm and keeping each other up or down…
NewsBy Franziska Wild September 11, 2024
Encampment closures on track to nearly double in 2024
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services has already closed more encampments this year than it did in all of 2023.
NewsBy Fiona Riley August 28, 2024
Encampment Updates: NPS closes encampment six days early
D.C. and the National Parks Service (NPS) each closed one encampment during the week of Aug. 19.
NewsBy Franziska Wild July 31, 2024
Encampment Updates: Three closures leave people scrambling to find somewhere to go
In just seven days, District authorities closed three encampments, displacing over 40 people, many without a plan of where to go next.
NewsBy Franziska Wild July 17, 2024
Encampment Updates: Residents and outreach workers frustrated by clean-ups in Foggy Bottom
The Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services conducted a “full clean-up” and a “trash removal” at two encampments in Foggy Bottom.
NewsBy Franziska Wild July 3, 2024
Encampment Updates: Small clearings in Brentwood, Benning, Truxton Circle, and Capitol Hill
D. C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared four encampments during the week of June 24.
NewsBy Donte Kirby May 22, 2024
Encampment Updates: DC, NPS close encampments across Foggy Bottom
D.C. and the National Park Service closed encampments across Foggy Bottom in mid-May, displacing at least 50 people.
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