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Residents of DC’s past and present encampments share how they feel about how effective encampment engagements are and how all involved can better serve them.
The pandemic brought on various challenges for unhoused residents
Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… I already get the newsletter Ten days after a pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol left at least five people dead, Shannon Clark headed out with her partner to distribute loaded Metro cards to unhoused people in downtown D.C. It was an eerily quiet Saturday morning. The streets surrounding the White House, National Mall, and U.S. Capitol were entirely closed and devoid of people, precautions the cit...
The lockdown, the cold, and the pandemic all make this a uniquely difficulty time to be unhoused in Washington DC.
4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month was traumatic for people across the country who watched the events unfold on TV and social media. But for homeless communities in Washington D.C., it played out where they live - and raised concerns about what was to come with Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. On the sidelines of the Jan. 6 riot, some among the city’s homeless reported being harassed and verbally abused by the mob. “Some clients had demonstrators literally walking through their living rooms,” sai...