The count comes after dozens of tent encampment clearings by the D.C. government. Those residents are typically represented by the count.

DCHA faced a May 30 deadline to correct the federal housing agency’s 103 findings of poor performance.

New — and newly enforced — policies include guidelines on DCHA’s waiting list, pet and guest policies, and income certification procedures.

The audit says the D.C. Housing Authority has a quarter of its 8,000 units vacant, even as 40,000 low-income people remain on a waiting list for housing.

Behind only California and Washington state in terms of the absolute increase.

Republicans always talk of slimming down the size of the federal government, and presumptive presidential contender Mitt Romney already has some ideas as to where he’d start cutting—the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Yesterday’s Ask DCist feature addressed a weird, metallic, pulsating noise that appeared to be emanating from the HUD building in Southwest Washington, and could be heard clearly as far away as Eastern Market. All signs pointed to a busted steam pipe on the HUD roof, and indeed, U.S. General Services Administration spokesperson Michael McGill has since confirmed for us that at 3:30 a.m. on Monday, GSA received a call that a valve malfunction at the…

Anne, who lives at 11th and Pennsylvania SE, writes in: Can anyone at the DCist identify a noise this morning near Eastern Market? It sounded like loud bangs off in the distance about every two seconds. It occurred in a pretty steady rhythm from about 4:20 a.m. to 5 a.m. this morning. It sounded like the monster from Cloverfield was marching into town. My first thought was construction, but would they really start at 4:30…