An advisory neighborhood commission passed a resolution in favor of turning the building into a shelter last month.

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.

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

D.C. conducted its annual survey of residents experiencing homelessness, the Point-in-Time Count, on Jan. 25. While the numbers are crucial to measuring how effective the city’s plan to end homelessness is, advocates say the survey is likely an undercount.

D.C. residents have a right to shelter when it’s extremely cold. Where can people experiencing homelessness go?

In 1982, Stepping Stones Shelter made history as the first homeless shelter for families in Montgomery County, MD. Today, it’s best known for its location in Rockville’s historic Dawson Farmhouse and for providing about 30 families with housing and services each year.

Chris Cole is a 37-year-old poet, doodler, and painter. She’s worked as an artist and vendor for Street Sense for…

As Pride month ends, service providers for unhoused queer youth remind us of the work left to be done.

On April 21, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in the front-entrance parking lot of D.C. Housing Authority headquarters the results of…

Cortney R. Singor shares her experience with homelessness and how she got started with Street Sense.

The PEP-V program was created as an alternative to shelters for people at high risk of getting severely sick from COVID-19. Some residents who rely on it do not believe the program is running sufficiently. Still, many are improving their lives, getting matched to housing, and focusing on getting themselves off the streets. Due to President Biden’s extension on FEMA, the program will continue operating through hypothermia season.

Anthony Pratt reflects on the different families he has had over his life.

The struggle of life isn’t a joke because of homelessness and being broke.

It is dangerous for the women staying in the shelter and on the street. Women are being abused, raped, and violated as they sleep.

Street Sense vendor Wendell Williams expresses his worries over the 801 East Shelter being finished when promised.

Amidst staggering vaccination, peer educators are informing people experiencing homelessness about COVID-19 and encouraging vaccinations in their communities.

Artist/Vendor Donté Turner questions whether the District is using its resources fairly and equitably.

The Interagency Council on Homelessness Shelter Capacity Subcommittee submitted a draft of recommendations for this winter’s hypothermia season. The recommendations include the use of PEP-V beds, despite the program’s closure by Sept. 30. 

While shelters are reaching their maximum capacities following the COVID-19 pandemic and during rising summer temperatures, no additional overflow space is planned at this time.

The D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness met in June to create recommendations for the upcoming winter season, but will need to meet again to review data from COVID-19 relief programs that are winding down.