The 22-bed shelter for unaccompanied youth to await family reunification is one step away from opening in Ward 5.

The Department of General Services told the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6A of their intention to use the Sherwood Recreation Center, specifically the basketball court, as a shelter.

More than 300 people are currently staying at quarantine hotels across D.C.

Nearly a year after the large family shelter’s closure, some of its replacement shelters are still not open.

The Bowser administration is evaluating the feasibility of closing the shelter down in parts.

Some residents are gearing up to express their opposition to replace D.C. General with family shelters located throughout the city.

Bowser announced a team of “housing navigators” tasked with helping families find the right housing opportunities.

Families Forward Inc., the contractor in charge of running the city’s largest shelter for homeless families, is getting the boot, Jason Cherkis reports over at City Desk.Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells tells City Desk that Families Forward Inc. will lose their contract by month’s end to operate the shelter, which is located on the D.C. General campus. Wells says that Clarence Carter, director of the Department of Human Services, “gave me the message that their…

Photo by ultraclay! Now that hypothermia season has truly hit the city, District homeless shelters are starting to feel the shock of the Fenty administration’s $12 million cut to homeless services. Amy D’Onofrio and Gabrielle Bluestone, news editors of the GW Hatchet, have a feature today on how budget cuts have affected services for the homeless in the District. The effect was supposed to be negligible: The Fenty administration pledged that there would be beds…