Aida Peery’s moved into housing, but she’s struggling to get adequate living conditions.

D.C. residents behind on rent only had a few days to apply for rental assistance this month.

Since an initial Street Sense/DC Line investigation published this spring, D.C. has helped 17 young people in foster care get vouchers.

Street Sense sat down with Councilmember Matt Frumin to talk about his new bill reforming rent stabilization.

D.C. distributed a record number of housing vouchers over the last year, but some people are left behind in a slow process.

One Hawaiian housing developer is using a new model called kauhale to address homelessness, overcoming the barriers that hobble construction.

Attendees at the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference spent the day on Capitol Hill talking to legislators.

The D.C. Council voted on reforms to rules governing rental applications and Rapid Rehousing.

Councilmember Robert White on the role of community land trusts in D.C.

N St Village opened a new transitional housing facility for women, named after homeless rights advocate Sharon Hart.

D.C.’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program will not reopen applications this year despite $33 million in new federal funding.

A database that is supposed to inform the state of rent control in D.C. has been delayed for years.

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.

Two bills before the D.C. Council would make it easier for D.C. residents to become a social worker in homeless services.

D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) Director Brenda Donald will step down this summer mid-way through the troubled agency’s overhaul.

Councilmember Nadeau intends to introduce legislation that would give tenant groups more support from the city to purchase property.

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 2024 budget cuts funding for an array of safety net programs. Here’s why some think the programs need money.

A new report by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute estimates the cost of ending homelessness in the District to be $770 million.

D.C. has not used all available housing vouchers for youth exiting foster care, even as some youth exit into homelessness.

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 cuts funding for eviction prevention and adds no new housing vouchers.