Since an initial Street Sense/DC Line investigation published this spring, D.C. has helped 17 young people in foster care get vouchers.

DC Public Library is striving to better serve users experiencing homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse problems and joblessness. 

The Besana Mail has become home to many concerns affecting most communities in the southwest of Zimbabwe.

Street Sense sat down with Councilmember Matt Frumin to talk about his new bill reforming rent stabilization.

D.C. distributed a record number of housing vouchers over the last year, but some people are left behind in a slow process.

So Others Might Eat runs a mailroom for people experiencing homelessness to receive packages, letters, checks, and documents.

D.C.’s cooling centers, which help keep people experiencing homelessness safe during a heat emergency, are not fully open.

The D.C. Council voted on reforms to rules governing rental applications and Rapid Rehousing.

Vendor and artist Donté Turner on how the government should best use its funding to help people in need.

By 10 a.m. on July 13, two encampments in the NoMa neighborhood dissipated, leaving remnants of the lives of those who resided there.

Councilmember Robert White on the role of community land trusts in D.C.

The One Journey Festival highlights the stories and contributions of refugees in the D.C. area.

An advisory neighborhood commission passed a resolution in favor of turning the building into a shelter last month.

N St Village opened a new transitional housing facility for women, named after homeless rights advocate Sharon Hart.

D.C.’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program will not reopen applications this year despite $33 million in new federal funding.

A database that is supposed to inform the state of rent control in D.C. has been delayed for years.

A new guaranteed income pilot has come to the District to assist Black mothers with children involved in the child welfare system.

As D.C. residents prepare for a week of celebration, a community leader looks ahead to the pending activation of the Juneteenth Commission.

During poor air quality events, not everyone can stay inside. Our neighbors who are unhoused are more exposed to the smoky skies than others.

D.C. is moving to close more encampments, sometimes with only 24 hours’ notice for the encampment residents.