About 1,200 people already connected to a housing voucher funded in FY 2022 were still waiting to move into housing as of Aug. 1. Housing providers attribute staffing challenges and government bureaucracy.

The D.C. Housing Authority pays rent on behalf of thousands of low-income residents. But some say landlords are cashing in on the subsidies.

D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and a majority of the D.C. Council are against the SOAR Act.