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The child who arrived at the home of Magdalena and Gabriel Acevedo entered the city’s foster care system, managed by the DC Child and Family Services Agency, at only three months old. Now, at 2 years old, the Acevedos’ was the child’s…

Gabriel Eason’s name appeared in broadcast media and newspapers for a few weeks following his death in April 2020 and once again after the November arrests of his mother, Ta’Jeanna Eason, and her boyfriend, Antonio Dale Turner, for…

One day in April 2020, a person renting a room from Diamond Taylor and Tyvez Jackson in their apartment at 2812 Pomeroy St. SE made an anonymous call to the hotline operated by the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA). He told the…

Outside the three-story, red brick apartment building at 935 Division Ave. NE, it must have seemed like an ordinary spring day on April 1, 2020, with an overcast sky and a temperature of around 45 degrees. Yet the tragic events unfolding…

Over the summer, the DC government announced it had reached a settlement in the 32-year class-action lawsuit that sought extensive reform of the city’s child welfare system — a case initially known as LaShawn A. v. Marion Barry Jr. With…

Even as STAY DC applications are closed and the city has lifted its utility moratorium, residents still have access to myriad resources to help pay for their utilities this winter.

A long line of people testified at an eight-hour public hearing last week to share their views about a proposed measure to revamp the city’s electoral process. Numerous speakers testified both for and against implementing ranked-choice…

A dozen homeowners who purchased properties in Southeast DC that fell apart soon after they were constructed filed a new lawsuit last month against the city, the developer, and a housing nonprofit. The lawsuit builds on claims made in…

Throughout the pandemic, the DC Council has heard calls to provide high-speed, reliable internet access to all residents who need it. But achieving such a goal is not as straightforward as it might seem. As people across the country…

Last Friday, Karl Morrison — one of the 46 homeowners displaced from their properties at 1262 Talbert St. SE because of dire safety concerns — received the keys to his new two-bedroom apartment in Navy Yard. A housing certificate…

DC residents had until 7 p.m. Wednesday to apply for the city's COVID-19 rent and utility assistance program. STAY DC — which stands for Stronger Together by Assisting You DC — launched on April 12 and had awarded about $155 million in…

On the last Sunday that Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library was closed to the public, two professional ballet dancers whirled through the historic building’s newly renovated space. The dancers, Alexandra Hutchinson and Derek…

It was 2018 when the Rev. Wendy Hamilton, a 2022 candidate for DC delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, first learned about universal basic income (UBI). Hamilton, who has lived in DC since the late ‘80s but grew up in a small…

Meet Foggy Bottom advisory neighborhood commissioners Yannik Omictin and Evelyn Hudson, who have used their elected office to advocate for the rights of their constituents experiencing homelessness.

How does someone experiencing homelessness in the District find housing? Here’s what you need to know about coordinated entry and the process for finding housing if you’re homeless in DC.

On a Friday afternoon in early September, Britney Bennett, a single mother of two children aged 6 and 13, sat on a blue couch in Davina Callahan’s living room and sighed. “They’re not even telling us what’s going on with our homes…

Some families living in rapid rehousing (RRH) received letters in the mail last week informing them the DC Department of Human Services (DHS) would be terminating their rental subsidies on Oct. 31. The letters, dated Aug. 17, contradict an…

Summary: With a backlog of over 70,000 households, the demand for public housing is steadily growing in the city amid a precipitous rise in housing costs. Meanwhile, seniors and people with disabilities already in D.C. public housing…

More than 1,000 families who have stayed in the rapid rehousing program (RRH) beyond its usual time limit due to the pandemic are receiving an official extension — and some may get an extra reprieve along with job training. No one in…

Southwest residents are pushing for soon-to-be-available land to become a new community-controlled, permanently affordable housing and retail space. At a community meeting Thursday, lead organizers Coy McKinney of grassroots…