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How Many Homeless Shelters Is Too Many?
Potential homeless shelter at 1125 Spring Road NW. This winter may not be as bad as last winter, but it probably won't be gentle, either–especially those without rooves over their heads. The Department...
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La Casa Shelter is Funded, Will Likely Begin Construction in 2012
Give it two years. (Darrow Montgomery) Tucked away in D.C.'s section of the Senate's draft budget is something homeless advocates have been waiting on for a long time: Enough money to finally replace...
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With Shelters Over Capacity, City Housing 200 Families in Motels
The Comfort Inn where about 70 homeless families stayed last year. During hypothermia season, which runs from November through March, the city is required by law to find shelter for homeless people....
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Wait-Listed
February is usually the worst month for the District's hotel business—a flat lull before cherry blossom season comes along March. But the Comfort Inn, a stuccoed yellow outpost on New York Avenue NE,...
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Where Will Homeless Families Go After the Comfort Inn?
The lovely Comfort Inn. This week, I wrote about the 200-ish families the city is putting up at hotels on New York Avenue NE, in the broader context of an affordable housing supply that's just totally...
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Meet the New Boss: Department of Human Services Director David Berns
David Berns has one of the harder jobs in District government: Trying to keep people off the streets in a housing market that doesn't leave much room for the poor. As part of a Housing Complex Q&A...
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Advocates, City Officials Spar Over Homeless Amendments
There are too many homeless families crowding into the city's inadequate shelters. On that, all parties agree. But when it comes to what should be done about it, tempers start to flare. Earlier today,...
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Overextended Stay
On Sept. 3, Sharde Wright came home to her room at the Days Inn on New York Avenue NE to find a letter on her door. Wright, 28, and her three children—she’s seven months pregnant with her fourth—have...
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Human Services Director Steps Down as Administration Exodus Continues
The exodus of senior officials from the lame-duck administration of Mayor Vince Gray continues, this time claiming the man who presided over one of the administration's most difficult policy challenge,...
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Where Are D.C.’s Homeless Families Living Now That D.C. Doesn’t Have to House...
Home Is Where the Heart Is: Donnell Harris is still seeking permanent housing for his family. After two months living with her mother, Sarah Drawn would much rather be back in the homeless shelter....
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