News & Politics Bezos Donates $11.25 Million to Fight Homelessness in DC Area Can the donation make a dent in the region’s housing crisis? Charity, Homelessness, Jeff BezosDecember 1, 2025
News & Politics Trump’s Homeless Encampment Clearings Are Just Shuffling People Around The federal government is cracking down on visible homelessness. It isn't getting people off the streets. Homelessness, Trump's DC TakeoverAugust 25, 2025
News & Politics Trump Said He Doesn’t Want to See Tents. Now DC is Clearing Encampments in Earnest. Residents say they have no idea where they’ll go. Homelessness, Trump's DC TakeoverAugust 14, 2025
News & Politics More Than 900 Families That Receive Rental Assistance From DC Could Soon Be Homeless High rents and exhausted funds make it difficult for families to transition to stable housing. Affordable housing, DC Council, HomelessnessOctober 22, 2024
News & Politics They Feed DC’s Unhoused. A Recent Supreme Court Decision Has Them Worried. Food Not Bombs works in McPherson Square, which was cited in a ruling that could criminalize homelessness. Homelessness, Supreme CourtJuly 17, 2024
Health | News & Politics The Surprising Past of an Advocate for DC’s Unhoused From rehabilitating terrorists in Iraq to helping people at Union Station. Capital Comment, Homelessness, Union StationDecember 26, 2023
News & Politics Why Street Sense Is One of DC’s Most Important News Outlets It’s been making a difference for unhoused people for 20 years. Homelessness, I.Q., NewspapersAugust 30, 2023
News & Politics My Life in DC’s Coronavirus Era: Jamila Larson of the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project A feature about how people around Washington are adjusting to our new reality. Coronavirus, Coronavirus 2020, Homelessness, Jamila LarsonApril 7, 2020
News & Politics Without Leadership at HUD, DC’s Anti-Homelessness Officials Have No Idea What’s Coming The Trump Administration hasn't made many appointments at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but city officials are still trying to brace for tough budget cuts. Ben Carson, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Donald Trump, HomelessnessJune 29, 2017
News & Politics Nearly Half of DC’s Homeless Youth are LGBTQ, and They’re Not Getting the Support They Need The city's made strides in assisting the most vulnerable members of its gay community, but there are still big shortfalls. Casa Ruby, Homelessness, LGBTQ, Ruby CoradoJune 29, 2017
The Surprising Past of an Advocate for DC’s Unhoused