The Department of Human Services (DHS) has taken steps to make it easier to apply for benefits and to increase SNAP benefits. These steps will help our neighbors who are struggling to make ends meet buy food and other necessities.
Every day individuals experiencing homelessness die from preventable and manageable diseases. Now, the connection between housing and healthcare is even more evident when one of the keys to staying healthy is staying at home.
Returning to DC from incarceration often means coming home to homelessness.
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Stable housing is out of reach for far too many District residents, many of whom have lived in the District their entire lives and are finding themselves priced out our rental market. In addition the 4,7000 households that experience literal homelessness on […]
The fiscal year (FY) 2021 DC budget should advance economic policies that ensure everyone has the chance to fulfill their potential regardless of the ward they live in, the color of their skin, or the size of their bank account.
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