The National Park Service closed a second triangle park near Union Station on Oct. 15. Ten people who had been living in the park at Massachusetts Avenue and 3rd Street NE had only 14 days to find a new place to live.
Content categorized as strategic plan to end homelessness
NPS closes second park on Capitol Hill, once again pushing out encampment residents
Look at This a Street Sense Media Podcast: Episode One
In the premiere episode of “Look at This,” vendors Marcellus Phillips (who is featured in this week’s logo) and Chon Gotti share stories on how… Read more »
Services with a personal touch ended chronic homelessness in Bakersfield
Reporting on the Built for Zero program, which has been utilized by Bakersfield to effectively eliminate chronic homelessness through its innovative personalized approach.
A Biden administration could mark a return to evidence-based homelessness policies
Samantha Batko predicts how a Biden administration will handle policies related to housing and homelessness.
I got my place
Dan Hooks thanks those who helped him find a place to call home.
Advocates highlight major gaps in proposed budget for affordable housing and reducing homelessness
The Way Home campaign and the Fair Budget Coalition are calling on the D.C. Council to allocate an additional $66 million to build more permanent supportive housing and fund critical homelessness prevention programs.
801 East redevelopment on track to finish in September 2021, but stakeholders say there isn’t enough transparency
The state-of-the-art men’s shelter is set to replace a 380-bed facility in Southeast DC by September 2021. But construction atop a former landfill and a Metrorail tunnel have raised environmental and structural concerns.
The city’s next 5-year-plan to end homelessness provides more questions than answers
Last week the ICH presented a draft of Homeward D.C. 2.0 in an effort to revitalize the goals of their initial plan, Homeward D.C., and fix shortcomings discovered during its implementation over the past four years. During the meeting, multiple D.C. residents, many of whom were formerly homeless, expressed their concerns with the city’s ability to fulfill the plan’s ambitious goals. Along with the general vagueness of the document itself, residents took issue with the lack of transparency regarding policy meetings and the little progress being made for universally affordable housing.
People experiencing homelessness can transform homeless services if given the chance
Reginald Black, a Street Sense artist and vendor explains how solutions to homelessness could be led by those experiencing it themselves.
The Count Marches On
A report on the effectiveness of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP) and how to access those programs.
Politicians Urged to Put Poverty on Top
Report on the kickoff of the Defeat Poverty D.C. campaign.
Homeless Advocates Come Together for Solutions
Discussion on the creation and purpose of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH).
District Receives $18 Million in Annual HUD Homeless Funding
News concerning the amount of funds that DC was awarded in the annual HUD funding grants.
Count Will Show Effects of Recession
This article discusses how the impact of President Obama’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP) is about to be assessed against the raw statistics.
Street Politics
A look at the politics surrounding local policy
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