D.C. closed nine encampments, did “full-clean ups” at six others, and postponed two scheduled closures due to bad weather between Aug. 27 and Oct. 8.

I went to the back-to-school event by Ward 6 Mutual Aid. I’m so thankful we made it out there.

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

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

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. officials closed an encampment near Judiciary Square on Jan. 31. At least two residents lived there before the closure.

Patty Smith shares her experience with Street Sense.

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. voters will go to the polls on Nov. 8 to vote for the city’s mayor and council members.

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.

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

Tiny, who lives in the encampment, sat on top of her bookshelf as DMHHS workers and service providers attempted to force her to move her belongings for the June 28 clean-up.

The National Park Service cleared the 35-resident Union Station encampment on June 1, throwing away belongings and involuntarily committing one resident.

Serve Your City-Ward 6 Mutual Aid, a D.C.-based nonprofit, is raising money to send children in Ward 6 to summer…

Abel Putu writes about his goals for the New Year.

Juliene Kengnie expresses her thanks to her customers at Eastern Market through a letter.

High schoolers at Gonzaga College High School learned about the city’s CARE program. Here are their thoughts about the approach.

Meet some of the people living at Allen Park in Truxton Circle who will either be displaced by the upcoming Dec. 2 clearing or placed into housing accommodations through the city’s new encampment pilot program.

A public restroom pilot program plans to address the longstanding problem of access to public restrooms. An anticipated report by the work group consisting of nine government agencies is planned to release a report sometime this month.

A District-owned parking lot in NoMa may be turned into apartments with half of the units reserved for families below D.C.’s median income.