The D.C. Housing Authority Board voted to prioritize the families exiting the Rapid Rehousing (RRH) program for housing vouchers.

Over 2,000 families may be back in shelters or out on the streets as families are removed from Rapid Rehousing (RRH) program.

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

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

As the legislative session ends, the D.C. Council is set to continue pandemic-era rental and nutrition benefits for residents.

Street Village, a homeless services nonprofit located in Washington, D.C. is hosting a community walk this fall to shed light on the challenges women face while experiencing homelessness.

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.

Tenants at Marbury Plaza await the resolution of the Attorney General’s cases against their landlords, as conditions around the property remain dangerous.

The D.C. Council took the first vote on next year’s budget, adding money for 400 housing vouchers and an expansion of the earned income tax credit.

D.C. Council committees proposed small increases to housing programs and social services during the markup process, but did not meet housing advocates’ demands.

D.C. will terminate 384 families next spring from rapid rehousing despite new long-term housing subsidies and vouchers.

How does a homeless person in Washington, D.C. find housing? Here’s what you should know about a house application & process for finding housing.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) sent notices informing about 20 families living in rapid rehousing (RRH) that the agency will terminate their rental subsidies starting Oct. 31, contradicting an earlier announcement made by the agency’s director. Earlier this month, DHS director Laura Zeilinger announced six-month extensions for all families participating in RRH.

When the public health emergency came to an end last month, families who stayed in rapid rehousing beyond the limit began to ask the question, “What happens next?” Now, the DHS has announced that all families in its rapid rehousing program will be given a minimum of six months’ notice before being told to move.

During the pandemic, families living in rapid rehousing have not been required to move out once their time in the program ends. Now, with the publicly declared health exemption coming to an end, many program participants are growing concerned about finding a new place to live. Here’s how the D.C. Council’s latest budget might help them.

Following the mayor’s 2015 strategy to “make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring,” Homeward D.C. 2.0 expands on permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing proposals to focus on individual, unaccompanied homelessness. 

Candidates for the D.C. Council’s At-large seats have made reform or improvement of the District’s rapid rehousing program, which has often been the target of attack from housing advocates, part of their campaign platforms.

A Street Sense Media analysis determined that only six of the 24 at-large DC Council candidates on the ballot advertised specific plans with measurable goals to address homelessness in their online platforms. We sent them five questions about local poverty.

Activists marched to the home of Mayor Muriel Bowser to protest the quality of services provided to homeless people in the District.

D.C.’s system for matching homeless people with housing was stymied by the pandemic, so they are prioritizing people who are most vulnerable to the virus.