Shaw

ArtBy Patty Smith March 8, 2023

Patty’s biography

Patty Smith shares her experience with Street Sense.

ArtBy Abel Putu January 12, 2022

The new year

Abel Putu writes about his goals for the New Year.
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NewsBy Maydeen Merino November 3, 2021

As DC lapses on porta pottie contract, public restroom pilot programs inch forward

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.

Two porta potties placed against a black fence with a handwashing station

NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia January 28, 2021

Workers report new problems claiming unemployment in the District

D.C. workers on pandemic-related unemployment programs are struggling to get approved for benefits and back-pay.

Image showing Unique Morris-Hughes with a DOES sign and flags behind her.

August 9, 2019

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

Services: Legal Services
Location: NW Washington D.C.

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OpinionBy David Alpert June 12, 2019

This map shows even more starkly how inequitably distributed DC’s affordable housing is

A 2018 map of DC illustrates the major inequities of available affordable housing in high-income areas of DC and concentration in a few lower-income areas.

A map showing the distribution of affordable housing units across DC.

NewsBy Shadaye Hunnicutt October 27, 2010

Bread For The City Growing To Keep Up With City’s Needs

Reporting on the expansion of services (and space) at Bread for the City’s Northwest Center.
Photo of the front of Bread for the City's Northwest Center. Fence surrounds the perimeter due to construction.

By Eric Sheptock August 4, 2010

Shouldn’t the Poor Be Able to Live in D.C.? A Letter From Parcel 42’s Tent City

An account from Parcel 42, where an encampment has been set up to encourage changes in the District’s priorities and policies.

NewsBy Shivan Sarna February 6, 2010

Neighborhoods’ Changing Demographics

Shivan Sarna provides an update on the changing demographics that have been occurring in the Shaw Neighborhood of DC, and DC in general.
An image of row houses in the Shaw Neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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