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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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
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst Public Oversight Hearing on the DC Department of Behavioral Health DC Council Committee on Health
By Kate Coventry • October 22, 2020 • Health Care / Homelessness
Report
What’s In the Approved Fiscal Year 2021 Budget for Homeless Services?
By Kate Coventry • October 2, 2020 • Budget / Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Roundtable on Tenant Protection and Eviction Prevention
By Kate Coventry • September 14, 2020 • Homelessness
Blog
DC Council Budget Moves in the Right Direction, Some Major Shortcomings Remain
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Eliana Golding, Qubilah Huddleston, Tazra Mitchell and Alyssa Noth • July 9, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Economic Development / Health Care / Homelessness / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At The Way Home Campaign’s People’s Roundtable to End Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • June 22, 2020 • Homelessness
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Vigil honors Jose Navarro and 42 other individuals who died on D.C. streets in 2021
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 21, 2021
D.C. Just Released The Next Phase Of Its Plan To End Homelessness. Here’s What’s In It
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 13, 2021
What’s In Mayor Bowser’s Budget for Homeless Services?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 30, 2021
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