Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness in the District, but the mayor's proposed budget would cut funding for ...

The number of encampments and the number of people at each site have been dropping over the first half of 2026.

While the budget would fund a new non-congregate shelter, it offers few long-term housing options for people experiencing ...

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Every month, Monique Jackson must decide how to spend the $629 she receives from the District’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Since Jackson lost her job as a paralegal in ...

On any given day, there are more than 5,000 people experiencing homelessness in D.C., and almost 800 of them live outside. Housed Washingtonians may not always understand why some people experiencing ...

Phil Telfeyan is the founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Under Law. He founded the organization in 2014 with the goal of ending inequality in our justice system. Phil has helped build ...

Current and former residents at an LGBTQ+ youth transitional housing program in the District said the program is falling short on its promise of creating a safe space for queer youth, with residents ...

I am a Washingtonian who likes to travel. I’ve been to the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Virginia. I’ve also been to the mountain top!

I’m thankful for the spring season. Make a wish, then blow…. mine is housing, hope and abundance, and prosperity now. Stability and security, cause it is the opposite. Like maybe have this image in ...