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Notorious Sanford Capital to pay $1.1 Million to former tenants.

The Office of the Attorney General is to force Sanford Capitol, a known slumlord, to pay $1.1 million in restitution to its former residents.

Brookland Manor residents keep battling possible displacement

Brookland Manor residents keep on fighting the possible displacement they face with upcoming redevelopment.

Housing Authority and former Barry Farm tenants receive second chance to resolve historic preservation debate

The challenging balance to designate parts of Barry Farm and to provide affordable housing compelled the Historic Preservation Review Board to defer until Dec. 5th

The only halfway house for men in DC is staying open, for now

Hope Village was granted an extension on its contract by the Federal Bureau of Prisons until Apr. 30, 2020.

Veterans and volunteers embarked on a “search and rescue” to help homeless vets in the District

Volunteers distributed more than 300 personal care kits to veterans and civilians experiencing homelessness during this “Search and Rescue” effort.

The number of children in DC foster care is going down. This is how one unique organization helps that trend.

A program called Communities for Families helps families stay together and children out of the D.C. foster care system.

Illicit activities provoke bench removal and National Park Service renovations

On Aug. 20, benches adjacent to and across from New York Avenue Presbyterian Church were removed due to illicit activities.

77 formerly homeless veterans will be the first residents of The Parks at Walter Reed, followed by 134 low-income seniors

Abrams Hall is the first completed part of the Walter Reed Medical campus redevelopment in Northwest D.C.

After 14 years of not being heard, this formerly homeless veteran is a board-certified counselor trained to help others

Xavier Justice shares his road to recovery from addiction with the help of Veterans on the Rise’s flexible program.

Synthetic drug alert activated on Oct 11 after a series of ‘K2’ overdoses

‘K2’ or synthetic marijuana is ravaging D.C. with a series of overdoses.

Citing ‘very, very dirty’ shelters, many settle for encampments

It is 10:30 a.m. on a Thursday at the NoMa encampments, several communities of people living in tents at the K, M, and L Street… Read more »

REVIEW: Josh Hayes’s “The Invisible Class” is a film meant to inform, not entertain

Josh Hayes spent the past 11 years making this documentary about homelessness.

This pilot program is multiplying Ward 8 parents’ savings for education by a factor of 5

The EduSaveDC program incentivizes families to create and grow savings accounts for young students’ futures.

D.C. Council passed new framework for the Comp Plan with focus on equity.

The D.C. council met to vote on amendments that change the framework for the comprehensive plan to focus on equity and the affordable housing crisis affecting the city.

What’s next for Hope Village and its residents? The only halfway house for men in DC will close its doors on Oct. 31

With Hope Village set to close at the end of October and no plan in place to replace it, men returning home from federal incarceration are losing a critical piece of the reintegration process. The barrier this adds to the reintegration process only lengthens the list of challenges these men already face when they come home.

Downtown Displaced: Gentrifying Mount Vernon Square, 1840-Present

An American University history professor documented planned gentrification in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C., as early as 1850.

Barry Farm historic landmark application put on hold

The Historic Preservation Office challenged the District of Columbia Housing Authority to conclude discussion with the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association before Oct. 31.

Seeing Double: DC drastically reduces the number of people in shelter as more double up

The Virginia Williams Family Resource Center,  the District’s access point to family shelter, opens at 8:30 every morning. Adults with children in tow are assessed,… Read more »

With limited access to hospital resources in wards 7 and 8, local clinics are bridging the gap in health care

Painted in bold shades of blue, red, green and pink, Whitman-Walker Health’s Max Robinson Center has stood prominently in the historic Anacostia neighborhood, just a… Read more »

Setting new standards for homeless families

There is a new housing complex situated just on the border between D.C. and Maryland at 4300 12th Street SE. It has 3 floors of single-family units, a public computer lab, free tenant WiFi, and a communal lounge, brightly colored and spacious. It is all brand new, with friendly staff and modern furniture. The most distinguishing feature of this new complex? Residents can live here rent-free.