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NewsBy Franziska Wild / Madi Koesler April 23, 2025
Encampment Updates: Closures continue as residents shuffle around the city
D.C. continues encampment closures under new protocol, displacing residents with reduced notice and limited support options.
NewsBy Franziska Wild April 9, 2025
Her encampment was closed the most in 2024. “Why are you doing this?” she asks.
Heather Bernard’s D.C. encampment faced 16 closures, highlighting gaps in housing support and agency coordination.
Encampment updates: As closures increase, so does frustration and displacement
D.C.’s rising encampment closures spark frustration, displacement, and conflict among unhoused residents and city officials.
NewsBy Katherine Wilkison / Madi Koesler March 12, 2025
Encampment updates: D.C. closes Foggy Bottom encampment following Trump social media post
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.
NewsBy Cara Halford March 12, 2025
This retirement complex is using housing vouchers to help senior residents afford to live there
With affordable senior living becoming a rarity in D.C, Friendship Terrace in Tenleytown is finding ways to help low-income seniors live in retirement communities.
NewsBy Gabriel Zakaib February 26, 2025
‘Dancing man’ missed in Dupont Circle
Dupont Circle mourns “dancing man” Dominique Ratiff, a beloved dancer and community member, whose spirit and generosity left a lasting impact.
NewsBy Franziska Wild / Fiona Riley February 12, 2025
A night with the organizations surveying D.C.’s homeless
When the group of fluorescently dressed volunteers reached the edge of the biggest remaining encampment in Foggy Bottom, they paused….
NewsBy Madi Koesler / Franziska Wild February 12, 2025
Encampment updates: Most closures postponed due to cold weather
D.C. closed two encampments in early February, after rescheduling several times due to the cold weather.
NewsBy Ella Mitchell February 12, 2025
The Mount Pleasant Library is temporarily closing
The Mount Pleasant Library is slated to be temporarily closed from Feb. 10 until June 23 for repairs, leaving the Ward 1 neighborhood without the library’s services.
OpinionBy Reginald Black December 4, 2024
Hoping the Aston helps
On Nov. 25, I attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new non-congregate shelter in the District of Columbia called The Aston.
NewsBy Fiona Riley October 23, 2024
Street Sense voter guide 2024
Street Sense’s voter guide for the 2024 local elections includes information about D.C. Council candidates.
NewsBy Tierra Cunningham / Carolina Bomeny October 9, 2024
Encampment Update: Nine encampments closed so far this fall
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.
NewsBy Franziska Wild August 28, 2024
MLK Library bans sleeping outside building, threatening a refuge for people experiencing homelessness
One of D.C.’s largest public libraries has begun enforcing rules against sleeping and lying down on library property.
NewsBy Fiona Riley August 28, 2024
D.C. again pushed back the timeline for a homeless shelter in Northwest D.C., now slating its opening for early October
The Aston, a homeless shelter at 1129 New Hampshire Ave., is now expected to open between mid-September and early October.
NewsBy Franziska Wild July 31, 2024
Encampment Updates: Three closures leave people scrambling to find somewhere to go
In just seven days, District authorities closed three encampments, displacing over 40 people, many without a plan of where to go next.
OpinionBy Khadijah Williams July 3, 2024
Money isn’t enough: How the Child Tax Credit can restore hope for D.C. families
Now, D.C. has the chance to become a national model for eliminating family poverty by strengthening the Child Tax Credit (CTC).
NewsBy Donte Kirby May 22, 2024
Encampment Updates: DC, NPS close encampments across Foggy Bottom
D.C. and the National Park Service closed encampments across Foggy Bottom in mid-May, displacing at least 50 people.
NewsBy Andrea Ho May 8, 2024
Despite DC council’s push to decriminalize street vending, vendors face an uncertain future
Last month, the D.C. Department of Health gave several street vendors cease-and-desist orders, despite recent reforms.
NewsBy Andrea Ho April 10, 2024
As the gentrification of Chinatown continues, Chinese elders mobilize to save their neighborhood
Residents say a new proposal to build a nine-story lodging in Chinatown threatens to decimate an already dwindling community.
NewsBy Margaret Hartigan / Andrea Ho February 28, 2024
DC, National Park Service conduct encampment clearings in Foggy Bottom ahead of May closure
The National Park Service will close park area in Foggy Bottom on May 15, displacing part of a 28-tent encampment.
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