WMATA’s Crisis Intervention Team offers assistance to riders experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health episodes.

D.C. held its first ranked-choice election, and the results represent a potentially significant impact on policing, education, and housing.

Outreach workers and government officials are worried those living outside may face disruptions as D.C. prepares for Freedom 250 celebrations.

The number of encampments and the number of people at each site have been dropping over the first half of 2026.

In 2022, Georgetown quietly paid a homeless outreach organization to work with the people in the encampment around its new downtown campus.

On March 11, the city conducted an encampment closure at Alan’s Oasis, forcing him to clear his set-up for what he said was the first time in years.

In addition to Alan’s Oasis, D.C. closed 14 encampments since early February.

In 2025, D.C. closed 109 homeless encampments, according to city numbers. The year before, that number was 99. D.C. residents regularly report encampments to the government, sometimes asking for help for those living outside, sometimes asking for them to go somewhere else.

A majority of the encampment closures were ultimately cancelled or rescheduled due to weather or residents moving before the clearing date.

DBH launched a hotline and case managers in apartments to improve community relations with neighbors of PSH voucher holders.

The city has conducted repeated encampment closures at the MLK Library, a refuge for people experiencing homelessness downtown.

Between Oct. 7 and Oct. 29, D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared seven encampments across the city.

Street Sense reports on the impact of federal encampment clearings on a fixture of the cross of Missouri and Georgia Avenues, Alan’s Oasis.

Following a year of delays, the E Street shelter opened its doors to residents Sept. 22, according to the D.C. Department of Human Services.

On July 16, the D.C. Library Board of Trustees voted to adopt a new Code of Conduct policy for its buildings.

Repeated encampment closures at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library displaced at least a dozen people in the last month and closed one of the last places people regularly sleep outside downtown. 

D.C. continues encampment closures under new protocol, displacing residents with reduced notice and limited support options.

Heather Bernard’s D.C. encampment faced 16 closures, highlighting gaps in housing support and agency coordination.

D.C.’s rising encampment closures spark frustration, displacement, and conflict among unhoused residents and city officials.

Following a social media post by President Donald Trump, D.C. closed a large encampment next to the E Street Expressway with only a day’s notice.