The District has closed 98 encampments through July, an increase from the same period in 2025, during which D.C. closed 50 encampments.

Erica Downing offers a firsthand reflection on the issues and policies covered at the 2026 National Alliance to End ...

Though employment is viewed as a path out of homelessness, challenges like transportation barriers can still make it hard to ...

Metro's Crisis Intervention Team offers assistance to riders experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health episodes ...

D.C. is scaling back Rapid Rehousing. Advocates argue the program leaves families without stable housing or enough income to ...

Street Sense vendor Lillie Thomas II takes readers on a journey through her spiritual beliefs and observations.

The 2026 National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) Conference marked my sixteenth year in attendance. While we have come a long way in programs attempting to address the needs of people suffering ...

The sunrise for me was in the early ‘60s; I woke up in a time when there was a revolution around. Even though the revolution ...

Street Sense Media produces journalism, film, theater, photography, audio, illustration, and more, all for the purpose of providing economic opportunity for and elevating the voices of people with ...

Kimberley Shattuck is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.

Michele Helies is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.

Marquis Savant is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.