William Hargrove questions why politicians don't seem to address the needs of their constituents. Why do politicians ignore ...

Invisible Prophet outlines issues they've seen in the public housing system with how administrators treat tenants.

Thrifted fits, and a DJ’s beat Art that rises from the street. No fake flex, no shallow race, Just makers shaping sacred ...

In early May, a small group of homeless services advocates traipsed through D.C.’s Wilson Building, bearing strange gifts for ...

The proposed D.C. budget for fiscal year 2027 would reduce the sole office dedicated exclusively to homelessness staff to one ...

Homelessness in D.C. and Virginia rose by 4.4% and 5%, respectively, in 2025, according to this year’s Point-in-Time (PIT) ...

Homelessness in D.C. and Virginia rose by 4.4% and 5%, respectively, in 2025, according to this year’s Point-in-Time (PIT) Count results. OpinionBy Shane Sullivan May 17, 2026 Passion paired with ...

In a rare move, President Donald Trump federalized D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deployed the National Guard to D.C. on Aug. 11 in response to perceived high crime rates in the city.

Nestled between residential homes in D.C.’s Ward 8 lies a sanctuary for homeless LGBTQ+ youth. The Wanda Alston Foundation — founded in 2008 to honor queer rights activist Wanda Alston, who was the ...

This article is part of Street Sense’s 2025 contribution to the D.C. Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms. The collective works will be published throughout ...

A move away from housing first solutions for homelessness. Further criminalization of sleeping outdoors. Cuts to housing programs. These are some of the changes advocates and people experiencing ...

Three weeks into the federal government’s crackdown on visible homelessness and crime in D.C., an impromptu count of people experiencing homelessness found hundreds of people are still living outside ...