Getachew Gurumu became homeless for the first time after he received an eviction notice from his landlord during the pandemic….

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Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage testified about encampment clearings, the CARE pilot and homeless services at an oversight hearing on Feb. 16.

The National Park Service evicted residents from the city’s largest homeless encampment, even as many had nowhere else to go.

Street Sense Media and The DC Line caught up with the new chair of the D.C. Council’s Housing Committee, at-large member Robert White.

Between encampment and program closures, D.C.’s shelter system may be overwhelmed by mid-2023.

D.C. conducted its annual survey of residents experiencing homelessness, the Point-in-Time Count, on Jan. 25. While the numbers are crucial to measuring how effective the city’s plan to end homelessness is, advocates say the survey is likely an undercount.

The National Parks Service will close an encampment at McPherson Square on Feb. 15, two months earlier than the original date of April 12.

Remora House, a mutual aid collective that started in March 2020, says more and more people are being evicted from federal properties without being offered appropriate support and it needs to stop.

At a memorial for the 77 people who died without shelter this year, advocates discussed how to prevent people from dying on the streets.

The National Park Service recently cleared an encampment at Scott Circle during a hypothermia alert. The agency plans to remove all encampments on federal land in D.C. by the end of 2023.

D.C. conducts over 70 encampment engagements every year. Do they achieve what they’re supposed to?

USICH created seven principles of encampment engagement to assist communities that are hoping to address encampments. USICH’s guidance operates under a flawed rehousing system and promotes encampment closures.

D.C. so far has housed just a fraction of the people experiencing chronic homelessness despite the availability of more funding this year.

A webinar from the Housing Narrative Lab underlines the ways data and journalism fail to truly tell the story of homelessness.

Artist experiencing homelessness’ belongings destroyed, and his presence as a community staple upended in encampment sweep.

The National Park Service cleared the 35-resident Union Station encampment on June 1, throwing away belongings and involuntarily committing one resident.

Due to concerns for their immediate safety, some encampment residents have expressed a desire for greater police presence around encampments. However, homeless rights advocates advise that the police force is fundamentally unsuited for meeting the safety, resource and housing access needs of unsheltered residents.

National Park Services will work in collaboration with D.C. Health and Human Services to shut down two encampments on federal property, ending a pandemic policy that prevented federal authorities from removing encampments on federal land.

Robert Warren reflects about the removal of encampment grounds.