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NewsBy Mark Rose May 24, 2014
Permanent Supportive Housing Making Difference in Montgomery
Three consecutive bitter-cold November mornings spent walking in the predawn darkness, visiting homeless people in their wooded “camps” made a…
NewsBy Rachel Cain May 23, 2014
Utah is Ending Homelessness by Giving People Homes
Utah is on course to end homelessness throughout the entire state by 2015, according to a news report in the…
Homelessness Up in Washington Area
A newly-released report on homelessness in the metropolitan Washington region reveals that homelessness in the area has increased over the…
NewsBy Brian Carome May 22, 2014
Staging Hope Two
Street Sense’s new theater project, Staging Hope, gave its second performance Sunday, May 18, at Seekers Church in Washington. The…
NewsBy Roberta Bear May 22, 2014
An Interesting Customer
Sometimes my work selling Street Sense hasn’t been easy. Not everyone even wants to stop when they see me in…
NewsBy Eilidh Jenness May 21, 2014
From One Black Man to Another
When Street Sense vendor David Denny wrote his poem “Commentary to a Black Man” in 1999, he never imagined the…
NewsBy Eric Falquero May 15, 2014
Ivy City Preliminary Injunction Comes Under Fire in Status Hearing
As a D.C. Superior Court judge weighs a city-backed plan to open a charter bus depot in Ivy City, neighborhood…
NewsBy Staff Writer May 15, 2014
Hearing Weighs Affordable Housing Needs
An April 30 “Rally to Save Public Housing” had to be moved indoors due to inclement weather. But the pouring…
NewsBy Henrieese Roberts May 15, 2014
Annapolis Film Festival with Lupita’s Godly Chips
Coming to town to attend the opening ceremony for the National Cherry Blossom Festival landed me at Amtrak for the…
NewsBy Reginald Black May 7, 2014
Advocates in Full Voice at Hearing
On the morning of April 30, it seemed like every housing advocate in the city had the same thought in…
NewsBy Levester Green May 4, 2014
It’s 4/20!
So, in celebration I’m writing about DC’s local dispensary! It’s Capital City Care, D.C.’s premier medical marijuana center, located at…
NewsBy Chon Gotti May 4, 2014
Off to See the Wizards!
The Wizards are in the playoffs this season, in which both John Wall and Bradley Best stepped their games up…
NewsBy Henrieese Roberts May 4, 2014
Cherry Blossoms’ Japanese Drumming Sounds!
The National Cherry Blossom Festival’s Opening Ceremony on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC…
NewsBy Elizabeth Bryant May 4, 2014
Rising High at Academy of Hope
Recently I have shared some devastating things, but now I have to share something good and new! I go to…
NewsBy Joanna Schneider April 29, 2014
Dresses for Dreams
The gowns, in every color of the rainbow, were carefully arranged on a rack. The sequined party shoes and evening…
NewsBy Ben Wrobel April 24, 2014
Mayor to Landlords: Rent to Homeless Families
DC Mayor Vincent Gray has officially kicked off a “500 Families, 100 Days” campaign aimed at rapidly moving homeless men,…
NewsBy Morgan Austin April 23, 2014
Getting Help May Be Getting Easier
City officials and advocates hope that a new streamlined information system will help homeless individuals and families get the kind…
NewsBy Sam Bermas-Dawes April 23, 2014
Two Homeless Deaths Attributed to Cold Snap
Police have identified the two men found dead on the morning of Wednesday, April 16 next to the exit ramp…
Student-Driven Campaign Seeks to Break Stereotypes
An American University-based group called “Know the Name Campaign” has made a goal of addressing prejudice against the homeless. “We…
Lack of Housing May Fuel Discrimination
Everyone needs to sleep and eat, to use the bathroom, and sometimes to simply sit and rest. Yet in attempting…
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