The program has surged in demand amid a troubling cocktail of economic conditions for renters.
The annual point-in-time count results D.C. released Friday show an increase in homelessness after several consecutive years of declining numbers.
Just 22 of the former McPherson Square encampment residents have moved into housing of some kind, chipping away at the community’s trust of government services.
The Department of Human Services announced the application deadline for D.C.’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program is tomorrow, March 10.
Around 600 families will be participating in the new Career MAP pilot program.
According to the letter, there are now only 12 individuals being held at the Farmville Detention Center.
It marks the first wave of people to lose their rapid rehousing benefits since the Department of Human Services paused terminations at the start of the pandemic.
Hundreds of evictions are scheduled in D.C., and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson says Mayor Muriel Bowser hasn’t done enough to stop them.
Patricia Handy Place for Women was meant to begin a large-scale and much needed renovation. Now, the city is using it to house about 100 men.
D.C. Hesitates To Expand Hotel Shelter Program For Medically Vulnerable Residents, As Waitlist Grows
The city opened hotel rooms to protect medically vulnerable unhoused residents from COVID-19. But even as its waitlist grows, the program hasn’t expanded.
