Residents say a new proposal to build a nine-story lodging in Chinatown threatens to decimate an already dwindling community.

Frederic John writes a tribute to the now-closed Hotel Harrington, a longtime fixture in downtown Washington, D.C.

The National Park Service recently cleared an encampment at Scott Circle during a hypothermia alert. The agency plans to remove all encampments on federal land in D.C. by the end of 2023.

D.C. conducts over 70 encampment engagements every year. Do they achieve what they’re supposed to?

A small crowd of employees from WMATA and DC Circulator gathered in downtown D.C. on March 17 to demand equal pay and benefits for the city’s transit workers.

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) is reexamining parks and open spaces.

Julienne Kengnie writes a thank you to her clients and sends best wishes to everyone.

D.C. opened a renovated Franklin Park in September. An unhoused resident pushed out of a nearby encampment interrupted the ceremony & was quickly whisked away.

Franklin Park, long a gathering place for homeless residents, will open in September with new public bathrooms, improved accessibility, and overhauled greenspaces.

The Church of the Epiphany will be opening its parish hall and mission center as shelter spaces, which will be able to host up to 35 individuals from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., at least through the end of July.

The nonprofit has trained people with high barriers to employment for the past 30 years and will now expand to run a new cafe in the renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown D.C.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial library reopens after a three-year renovation. COVID-19 has affected it, but the library is still trying to help the homeless community.

Artist and vendor Sybil Taylor shares her experience dealing with the effects of COVID-19 in downtown D.C.

The redevelopment of Franklin Park has been planned for years. Due to past starts and stops, some residents thought it was only a rumor. But people were forced to leave on June 30 and a fence is being erected on July 1.

Members of the racial justice collective Freedom Fighters D.C. began to sit in at the plaza in protest of the mayor’s proposed police budget. Hundred joined them over the course of two days.

A formerly homeless man writes about how the federal response to Black Lives Matter demonstrations in DC has cut some homeless people off from a place sleep and receive help from others.

The influx of people into downtown DC and the aggressive police response has put people experiencing homelessness in DC on edge.

About 50 people gathered at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in honor of Homeless Person’s Memorial Day. An service was held by local religious leaders.

Local housing activists visited the Wilson Building to deliver budget priorities to their councilmembers.

Remembering Bernard “Chino” Dean Jr.