Housing Vouchers
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.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia October 26, 2022
DC companies will pay historic fine for discriminating against people with vouchers
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a $10 million settlement with real estate companies that refused to rent to people with vouchers.
DC ends fiscal year with hundreds of vouchers left
D.C. could have housed about 2,456 individuals in the last year. Only 590 moved in.
OpinionBy Peaceful Tobias October 25, 2022
It’s urgent to get people housed for the winter, and the DC government is only half doing its job
Amina Washington calls for the city to act faster to house people living outside.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia October 19, 2022
Inside the confusing world of housing choice vouchers
DCHA decided against a revised policy that landlords and advocates said would displace voucher holders. But the agency’s voucher rents are still a point of contention.
ArtBy Jeffrey Carter October 5, 2022
All homeless are not broke
Jeffrey shares a writing on the income people earn compared to the cost to live in DC.
NewsBy Paras Shah September 14, 2022
DC government halts family exits from beleaguered Rapid Rehousing subsidy program until Sept. 30
Evy Wilkins was thrilled to move into her apartment. As a low-income D.C. resident, she qualified for a rent subsidy through the District’s Rapid Rehousing (RRH) program. But Wilkins’ joy quickly turned into a nightmare.
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