The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services has already closed more encampments this year than it did in all of 2023. 

One of D.C.’s largest public libraries has begun enforcing rules against sleeping and lying down on library property.

D.C. and the National Parks Service (NPS) each closed one encampment during the week of Aug. 19.

He proved that people experiencing homelessness are capable of anything anyone else can do, including being a hero.

Punishment has never reduced homelessness. Yet, the Supreme Court decided penalties for sleeping in public are neither cruel nor unusual.

In just seven days, District authorities closed three encampments, displacing over 40 people, many without a plan of where to go next. 

The Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services conducted a “full clean-up” and a “trash removal” at two encampments in Foggy Bottom.

During a heat emergency, cooling centers are supposed to provide people with relief from high temperatures, but options are seemingly limited.

D. C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared four encampments during the week of June 24.

Homelessness increased in Washington, D.C. by 14% during 2023. This is the second consecutive year homelessness has risen in the District.

D.C. and the National Park Service closed encampments across Foggy Bottom in mid-May, displacing at least 50 people.

The Supreme Court will soon decide Grants Pass v. Johnson, determining if cities can punish people sleeping on public property when there is no shelter.

D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services closed an encampment at the corner of 9th and Mt. Olivet St. NE on May 7.

D.C. police temporarily detained a pregnant Black woman during an encampment closure on April 17, holding her in a police van for an hour.

Street Sense’s biweekly column on encampment closures returns to detail four closures and clearings in mid-April.

Hostile architecture makes public space less accessible for people experiencing homelessness, a high school student writes.

D.C. removed an encampment near the Anacostia river on March 27. No residents were present during the closure.

Daniel Kingery on the constitutional protections for sleeping outside.

A new story by Peaceful Tobias.

D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared three encampments during the week of March 11.