Under 100 veterans in Washington, D.C. were experiencing chronic homelessness, last year, Street Sense analyzes what causes ...

The United Planning Organization a nonprofit that runs the shelter hotline is expanding into running a housing program.

Vendor Jeffery McNeil explains how closing the door on political opposition creates only a fiercer version to contend with.

The Bellevue Back to School Bash helped many housing insecure families in the District prepare for back to school.

The ban preventing people from sleeping outside Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has yet to cause arrest but it has ...

DC Central Kitchen's culinary job training program bridges economic divides for people facing high barriers to employment.

Street Sense vendor Monique Rivers outlines what success means to her and explains how faith keeps her on the path to success ...

From inside the shelter, the Men of Valor choir lift their voices The Men of Valor choir, operated through Central Union Mission’s shelter, is a source of community and a musical outlet for unhoused ...

Street Sense vendor James Davis recalls how the government shutdown last October impacted his life and how he kept it ...

In a rare move, President Donald Trump federalized D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deployed the National Guard to D.C. on Aug. 11 in response to perceived high crime rates in the city.

Frances Goines says she feels “naked” without having a job; she’s been working since she was 11. But when Goines moved into one of the city’s family homeless shelters and was told she needed to have ...

This series outlines all the major events, people and places that affected the state of homelessness and poverty in Washington from 1975 to today. Street Sense has no online paywall to keep our ...