D.C. continues encampment closures under new protocol, displacing residents with reduced notice and limited support options.

Heather Bernard’s D.C. encampment faced 16 closures, highlighting gaps in housing support and agency coordination.

D.C.’s rising encampment closures spark frustration, displacement, and conflict among unhoused residents and city officials.

A new Trump executive order targets D.C.’s homelessness and public safety, sparking fears of increased displacement and federal overreach.

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.

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.

D.C. closed two encampments in early February, after rescheduling several times due to the cold weather.

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

Dedicated to all my tent family who died and still struggling with housing. As the heat hit my tent, the steam started to rise…

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.

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.

On them cold nights,
breathing hot breaths
to keep each other
warm and keeping each
other up or down…

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. 

D.C. and the National Parks Service (NPS) each closed one encampment during the week of Aug. 19.

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.