As D.C. speeds up the pace of encampment closures, people experiencing homelessness in Foggy Bottom were forced to move twice ...

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With affordable senior living rare in D.C, Friendship Terrace is finding ways to help low-income seniors live in retirement ...

Rev. Donald Davis thanks Street Sense readers and the Quakers for their support while advocating to end homelessness.

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Homeward D.C. is the city’s strategic plan to end homelessness by this year, 2025. It started in 2015 to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. It was never fully achieved.

D.C. expands homeless encampment closures beyond health and safety concerns, putting more residents at risk of displacement.

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. The city also closed two other encampments in late ...

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Advocates disrupted D.C. Mayor Bowser’s budget forum to demand better funding for mental health and homelessness support.

Shakita Chapman of HIPS discusses harm reduction, social services, and advocacy for drug users and sex workers in D.C.