Homelessness should be brief, rare, and nonrecurring.
DC has made record investments in homelessness services in recent years, but it is still not enough. DCFPI works on issues along the homelessness services continuum—from access to shelters to funding for programs such as Permanent Supportive Housing and Targeted Affordable Housing.
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Mayor Bowser Can and Should Continue Helping DC Residents Pay Rent and Utility Bills
By Emily Gallo • November 10, 2021 • Affordable Housing / Homelessness / Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony at the Public Oversight Hearing on Implementation of Historic Investments in Housing
By Kate Coventry • November 10, 2021 • Affordable Housing / Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony at the Health & Human Public Oversight Roundtable about the CARE Pilot Program and Ending Encampment Clearings
By Kate Coventry • November 9, 2021 • Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony at the Public Hearing on the Human Rights Enforcement Amendment Act of 2021 to Make Homelessness a Protected Class Under the DC Human Rights Act
By Kate Coventry • October 6, 2021 • Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst at the Budget Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services, Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • June 14, 2021 • Budget / Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Health Care Finance, and the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services DC Council Committee on Health
By Kate Coventry • March 4, 2021 • Health Care / Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing on the Interagency Council on Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • March 1, 2021 • Homelessness
Blog
Remembering Our Neighbors Who Died While Homeless
By Kate Coventry • December 19, 2020 • Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Roundtable on the response to the COVID-19 public emergency by the agencies under the purview of the Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • November 4, 2020 • Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Public Hearing on the Fair Tenant Screening Act of 2019 and the Michael A. Stoops Anti-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2019
By Kate Coventry • October 27, 2020 • Homelessness
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Planned Truxton Circle encampment evictions delayed
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 27, 2021
D.C. Officials And Lawmakers Clash Over Efforts To Clear Homeless Encampments
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 10, 2021
Mayor Bowser Can and Should Continue Helping DC Residents Pay Rent and Utility Bills
By Emily Gallo • November 10, 2021
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