Aida Peery’s moved into housing, but she’s struggling to get adequate living conditions.

D.C. residents behind on rent only had a few days to apply for rental assistance this month.

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.

A database that is supposed to inform the state of rent control in D.C. has been delayed for years.

Councilmember Nadeau intends to introduce legislation that would give tenant groups more support from the city to purchase property.

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

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

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

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

Two months after a HUD report severely criticized the D.C. Housing Authority, local leaders spoke about the future of the agency.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a $10 million settlement with real estate companies that refused to rent to people with vouchers.

DCHA decided against a revised policy that landlords and advocates said would displace voucher holders. But the agency’s voucher rents are still a point of contention.

D.C.’s pro bono legal service providers have stopped two-thirds of evictions in D.C. with outreach and a centralized intake system.

Public housing residents elected Kenneth Council and Denise Blackson to the DCHA oversight board.

The tenants of Buena Vista Apartments are forming a cooperative — a win for the 21 residents who have been on rent strike since May 2020.

Street Sense Deputy Editor Gordon Chaffin shares his experience with the STAY DC emergency rent assistance program. He argues that D.C.’s program is failing by standing up too many hurdles for applicants to jump and shares quotes from local government officials who don’t seem to be following federal guidance for quick tenant help. Gordon asks everyone in D.C. struggling to pay back rent and utilities to apply at stay.dc.gov.

Evictions will start soon in D.C. But all is not lost. Tenants have a range of protections and resources available to help them navigate this process.

Amber W. Harding, an attorney for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, shares opinions on what DC must do to confront upcoming housing crises as COVID programs expire.

The D.C. Council passed two emergency bills on July 13 that are intended to help alleviate economic hardships for District residents. The measures include an update to a 50-year-old debt collection law, and a compromised bill that in most cases delays any eviction proceedings until October.