Housing Vouchers
NewsBy Margaret Hartigan February 14, 2024
New bill would allow people who use marijuana to live in federally subsidized housing
D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton reintroduced a bill to allow people who use marijuana to live in federally subsidized low-income housing.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia January 3, 2024
2024 hopes and predictions
Local and national policymakers and advocates share their hopes for homelessness in 2024 with Street Sense.
ArtBy Aida Peery November 8, 2023
People getting their paychecks and not doing their jobs
Aida Peery’s moved into housing, but she’s struggling to get adequate living conditions.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia September 13, 2023
Aging out of foster care is hard. DC hopes these reforms will make it easier
Since an initial Street Sense/DC Line investigation published this spring, D.C. has helped 17 young people in foster care get vouchers.
NewsBy Gabriela Ferreira Reitz August 30, 2023
Councilmember Matt Frumin on affordable housing in DC
Street Sense sat down with Councilmember Matt Frumin to talk about his new bill reforming rent stabilization.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia August 16, 2023
DC funded a record number of housing vouchers. Here’s how the process is working
D.C. distributed a record number of housing vouchers over the last year, but some people are left behind in a slow process.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia August 2, 2023
National homeless services advocates call for more federal funding
Attendees at the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference spent the day on Capitol Hill talking to legislators.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia June 7, 2023
DC returned millions of federal grants intended to end homelessness
Over the last 5 years, D.C. has had to return millions in federal grants to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia May 11, 2023
DC has a social worker shortage. Councilmembers hope these proposals will help.
Two bills before the D.C. Council would make it easier for D.C. residents to become a social worker in homeless services.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia April 12, 2023
How to end chronic homelessness in DC, according to new report
A new report by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute estimates the cost of ending homelessness in the District to be $770 million.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia April 5, 2023
DC has 420 housing vouchers for youth leaving foster care. Why isn’t it using them all?
D.C. has not used all available housing vouchers for youth exiting foster care, even as some youth exit into homelessness.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia March 29, 2023
Mayor’s proposed budget a reversal from years of increased funding for vouchers
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 cuts funding for eviction prevention and adds no new housing vouchers.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia March 1, 2023
Homeless services for individuals do not meet demand
D.C. serves thousands of people experiencing homelessness each year, but supply does not meet demand, the city’s ICH director said.
DC officials consider reviving controversial encampment pilot
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.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia February 22, 2023
Under new management: Robert White on leading DC Council’s Housing Committee
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.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia February 11, 2023
DC risks running out of shelter beds in 2023
Between encampment and program closures, D.C.’s shelter system may be overwhelmed by mid-2023.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia February 1, 2023
Encampment at McPherson Square will be cleared two months early on Feb. 15
The National Parks Service will close an encampment at McPherson Square on Feb. 15, two months earlier than the original date of April 12.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia January 11, 2023
New year, new agency? DCHA reform efforts continue into 2023
As the D.C. Housing Authority’s new board takes over, advocates continue calls for substantial reform and resident representation.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia December 14, 2022
DC Council set to make some pandemic-era benefits permanent
As the legislative session ends, the D.C. Council is set to continue pandemic-era rental and nutrition benefits for residents.
ArtBy Ronald Smoot December 7, 2022
I got my voucher back
Ronald Smoot tells the story of how he lost and regained his voucher.
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