D.C. returned over $10 million in federal grants intended to fund programs aimed at ending homelessness from 2017 through 2021,…

Unhoused residents across the District are feeling the impact of the city’s social worker shortage. Anyone seeking to use a…

D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) Director Brenda Donald will step down this summer midway through the troubled agency’s overhaul, according to…

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau intends to introduce legislation to the D.C. Council that would give tenant groups more support…

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.

A bill introduced to the D.C. Council in February could increase homeownership for low-income families.

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Tenants at an apartment building in Brightwood Park gathered to protest living conditions.

D.C. serves thousands of people experiencing homelessness each year, but supply does not meet demand, the city’s ICH director said.

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.

The D.C. Housing Authority board approved a draft version of the agency’s new procurement and contracting policy, after the agency came under fire from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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

Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill Jan. 24 that would disseminate $1 billion annually in grants to help local governments combat homelessness.

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

As the D.C. Housing Authority’s new board takes over, advocates continue calls for substantial reform and resident representation.