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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 Franziska Wild July 3, 2024
Encampment Updates: Small clearings in Brentwood, Benning, Truxton Circle, and Capitol Hill
D. C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS) cleared four encampments during the week of June 24.
NewsBy Margaret Hartigan April 24, 2024
Police detain pregnant woman, hold her for an hour during encampment closure
D.C. police temporarily detained a pregnant Black woman during an encampment closure on April 17, holding her in a police van for an hour.
NewsBy Margaret Hartigan April 10, 2024
Encampment Update: DC closes encampment near Anacostia River and Washington Yacht Club
D.C. removed an encampment near the Anacostia river on March 27. No residents were present during the closure.
NewsBy Nora Scully February 14, 2024
Gas explosion damages transitional housing program, residents relocated
More than 30 residents of a Calvary Women’s Services transitional housing program were forced to evacuate after a gas explosion.
ArtBy Michele Rochon March 29, 2023
Feeling felicitous and depleted in 2007
A new piece by Michele Rochon.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia February 15, 2023
After allegations of mismanagement, DCHA drafts new contract policy
The D.C. Housing Authority board approved a draft version of the agency’s new procurement and contracting policy, after the agency came under fire from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NewsBy Jasper Smith August 24, 2022
‘Nothing is up to par’: Tenants at Marbury Plaza live in unsafe conditions amid lawsuit
Tenants at Marbury Plaza await the resolution of the Attorney General’s cases against their landlords, as conditions around the property remain dangerous.
NewsBy Ashleigh Fields May 4, 2022
This nonprofit is tackling the achievement gap through arts empowerment
The Community Enrichment Project (CEP) is a youth civic engagement and empowerment nonprofit with a mission to enhance underserved communities by empowering young leaders. This article explores the work founder Lauren Grimes is doing with local youth.
NewsBy Michelle Levine December 8, 2021
New Anacostia center improves access to health care, but nearby residents unaware, hesitant to change
Residents of southeast D.C. were used to traveling up to 50 minutes each way to receive health care in different parts of the city. Now, a new provider is open in Ward 8 to combat accessibility issues.
NewsBy Michelle Levine November 17, 2021
Metro derailment brings transit equity issues to light
Each morning before heading to a public charter school in southeast Washington, one teacher must decide if she’s going to…
NewsBy Maydeen Merino November 17, 2021
Verbal abuse and loitering motivated ANC 7F to vote in favor of removing a bus shelter on Minnesota Avenue
ANC 7F voted to remove a bus shelter along Minnesota Avenue NE because of misuse.
NewsBy Michelle Levine November 3, 2021
Changes are coming to local fresh food initiative Produce Plus
After working with the nonprofit D.C. Greens for seven years, the D.C. Department of Health is contracting with a new…
NewsBy Will Schick / Spencer Donovan October 28, 2021
Displaced homeowners continue to face struggles despite help provided by the city
Last Friday, Karl Morrison — one of the 46 homeowners displaced from their properties at 1262 Talbert St. SE because…
NewsBy Michelle Levine October 6, 2021
A new accessible medical center opens in Ward 8, DC
The Michelle Obama Southeast Center of Bread for the City, a federally funded community health center, opened recently at 1700 Good Hope Road SE to provide greater access to low-barrier healthcare services for residents in Wards 7 and 8.
NewsBy Will Schick September 29, 2021
Judge rules DC is not at fault for funding construction of affordable housing that fell apart soon after it was built
A group of homeowners filed a lawsuit against the city and a developer in January, claiming major oversights with the construction of homes that fell apart once they were sold. The homes were financed through a special fund administered by the city to provide affordable housing to low-income, first-time homeowners. But a District judge ruled in late August that the city is not responsible even after helping fund the construction of homes that were faulty. With the developer having declared bankruptcy, it’s unclear what the future of the case will be.
NewsBy John Woolley August 18, 2021
UMC drafts budget while hospital finances remain in trouble
Southeast DC’s only hospital is trying to dig itself out of a financial pit, but a lack of patients has complicated the effort.
NewsBy Kaela Roeder August 12, 2021
Mama and Baby Bus: Bringing care to wards 7 and 8
Mallory Mpare is seeking to make a difference for pregnant people of color in the District through a mobile health clinic that brings comprehensive care to parents and babies in wards 7 and 8.
NewsBy Will Schick July 7, 2021
Confusion mires Zoning Commission meeting about Barry Farm and residents’ right to return
Despite families leaving as early as 2012, redevelopment at Barry Farm continues to see delays, and former residents still are not sure whether – or when – they may be able to return.
NewsBy John Woolley June 30, 2021
Patients and staff brace for large cuts to Southeast DC’s only hospital
One nurse at United Medical Center described a hospital “strangled” by a lack of staff and resources. Last month, the D.C. Council voted to further limit money flowing in.
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