More than 10 people camped in this secluded spot for over a year. It’s unclear whether the strip of land is owned privately or by the city.

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 city will lose a total of 787 beds over the next year between two shelters closing for renovations and the end of the PEP-V program.

The National Park Service will temporarily close two encampments in May. At least eight people living there didn’t know this decision had been made.

The bill would have prevented encampment clearings until April 1.

Some lawmakers feared the bill would make it virtually impossible to clear homeless encampments in public spaces, and wanted time to refine the language.

Bowser says her encampment-clearing initiative helps unhoused people in dire circumstances, while homeless advocates say it perpetuates harm.

The city has embarked on an effort to close five large encampments as part of an aggressive push to house people.

Homeless advocates say D.C.’s push to house people living in encampments should continue, but the city should stop clearing encampments and banning people from returning.

Faced with criticism, D.C. officials say the program is working as intended, and that 34 of the 45 residents of two NoMa encampments were either placed in housing or about to be.