Though employment is viewed as a path out of homelessness, challenges like transportation barriers can make it hard to turn a job into a home.

Thirty-three formerly homeless social work students celebrated completing the Peer Case Management Institute competitive 11-week program.

Street Sense vendor Reginald Black gives his thoughts on candidates’ responses at a forum hosted by the National Coalition for the Homeless.

On March 11, the city conducted an encampment closure at Alan’s Oasis, forcing him to clear his set-up for what he said was the first time in years.

The D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the District will implement new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements on May 1, following the Trump administration’s changes to federal policy.

Degnon Dovonou’s poem confronts stigma and hardship, urging resilience, pride, and hope for future generations overcoming adversity.

Street Sense reports on the impact of federal encampment clearings on a fixture of the cross of Missouri and Georgia Avenues, Alan’s Oasis.

According to a new D.C. auditors’ brief on the Rapid Rehousing many people have left the program unable to afford rent.

After years of homelessness, Nikkie Smith secured a housing voucher. She helps others find stability and hope through advocacy and outreach.

Staff at Unity Health Care are fighting to unionize across positions and improve working conditions that make it hard to care for patients.

Mine is to get a job and get back into the mainstream of life. The reason I haven’t worked in 30 years is my nervous breakdown.

What Labor Day means to me: How my mother and father picked cotton on the plantation for the white man slave master.

Laura Zeilinger, director of D.C.’s Department of Human Services (DHS), announced that she will leave her position at the end…

D.C.’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) reopened on Nov. 20, after being closed for nearly five months.

You are reading a Street Sense paper. Thank you for supporting your community! As vendors and artists, they provide many resources to elevate our lives.

My physical expenditure of / Mental effort is especially difficult / Physical activities giving birth / To such a period

I never thought I would be homeless in my 40s. My body and mind are stressed out. I stay in my storage, cause that’s all I can afford.

Daniel said: I didn’t know that Labor Day was in September. 

Daniel said: The word labor means, to me, to work very hard that day.

James Davis’ newest poem: Apprehension / Forlorn stares / Is there anyone who cares? Wait in line / Three-to-four hours time…

Security staff employed at 801 East Men’s Shelter voted to unionize. Officers cited being underpaid and undertrained.