The completion of the city’s seven new family shelters was a project five years in the making, delayed in some cases by neighborhood opposition.

A group of residents came out to express their opposition to the project.

D.C. General once housed 270 families, amounting to more than a thousand men, women and children. It is now empty, and set to be demolished.

Opposition to the D.C. General closure and demolition keeps growing.

“You say demo, we say hell no!” about three-dozen protesters chanted on Monday morning.

Advocacy organizations withdrew their support last-minute, but the Council voted in favor of the measure unanimously.

A rundown of the long saga to close D.C. General, and where it stands today.

Families aren’t being moved out of the family homeless shelter until September, but the city has started tearing it down anyway.

The city says it remains on track, despite concerns from some homeless advocates.

Despite organized opposition from neighbors in Wards 3 and 5.