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Homelessness reported at an all-time low in the Washington region

The 2022 Point in Time (PIT) count results from 9 participating jurisdictions across the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia were revealed at this month’s Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments meeting on May 11. A decrease across all subgroups of the region’s homeless population was reported.

What should become of Donald Trump and his enablers if justice is to be served?

If Trump knows the difference between right and wrong and chooses to break the law anyway, then he obviously belongs in prison. However, if his sense of right and wrong is a brain condition due to no fault of his own, then the American people still need to be protected from his actions nonetheless.

The 2021 DC Homeless Crisis Reporting Project news blitz

12+ local media outlets in Washington, DC, collaborate to cover homelessness.

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A nonprofit and a group of realtors teamed up to help low-income DMV residents buy homes

A local realtor association and a nonprofit recently cemented a three-year partnership to support low-income residents in the D.C. metro region seeking to own their own homes.

A man marches in a crowd on a street in DC holding a large black, red, and green Afghanistan flag.

The US doesn’t settle refugees in DC because the cost of housing is too high

Refugees coming into the Washington region will contend with more than just acclimating themselves to a new culture and environment. They will need to learn how to overcome barriers to employment and reckon with the soaring cost of housing. Refugees, nonprofits, and others hope the public will stay focused on welcoming newcomers into the region. // خلاصه: پناهجویان که به منطقه واشنگتن می آیند نه تنها خود را با فرهنگ و محیط جدید عادت میدهند. آنها می آموزند که چگونه بر موانع اشتغال زایی را فائق آیند و هزینه های مسکن را در نظر بگیرند. پناهجویان، سازمان های غیرانتفاعی و دیگران امیدوارند عموم مردم روی استقبال از تازه واردان در منطقه تمرکز کنند

Photo of advocates standing and holding banners in a patch of grass outside of a residential building in Chillum, MD.

Three Tenants Were Facing Eviction Threats. Amid A Summer Of Protest, Dozens Of Activists Mobilized

Dozens of people turned out to protest a landlord threatening to evict three tenants.

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The CARES Act expiration may leave millions without support

Congress’ emergency federal aid expansion is set to expire at the end of July, cutting millions of Americans who became unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic from vital support. Experts advise that the aid package be extended to return poverty rates to pre-crisis levels.

A woman in religious vestments speaks at a podium while other people holding "Poor People's Campaign" signs stand behind her.

The global pandemic and political discord highlight the importance of the Poor People’s Campaign

The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington planned for this month will be digital, due to the ongoing pandemic. Organizers hope the assembly will bring about change while COVID-19 disproportionately affects poor and Black Americans and nationwide protests demand reckoning with systemic racism.

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Poor and homeless people are included in the CARES Act stimulus, but will probably have to “raise their hand” to get it

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides for stimulus payments to every adult and every child with a valid Social Security number. The legislation is more inclusive than previous recession relief packages but experts say D.C.’s most vulnerable residents are still the farthest away from receiving help.

A picture of a microscopic look at the novel coronavirus.

COVID-19: Separating Fact from Fiction

With the coronavirus pandemic impacting people across the country, here these are five myths and the truth about them.

Aging out, and into homelessness

I grew up living in Baltimore City. When I was 18, I was independently living until I turned 21 when I aged out of foster… Read more »

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Arlington residents say new mental health diversion court program was rushed

While attendees of a public forum on Aug. 15 agreed that a docket on behavioral health could benefit individuals with mental health issues, they said the program should not require participants to plead guilty and requires more public feedback before becoming final.