District Links: Council, mayor act to continue office tasked with monitoring DYRS facilities;…
The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to keep open an independent office that helps monitor conditions in facilities operated by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.
DCist: West End Residents, Advocates Lament Delayed Opening Of Ward 2 Homeless Shelter
Ward 2 community members and advocates for the unhoused say they’re disturbed by the sudden announcement this month that the D.C. government will delay the opening of a homeless shelter in the West End by six months.
City Paper: D.C.’s Troubled Crime Lab Is Hiding Information from Its Oversight Board, Prompting a…
One observer called the situation with the city’s Science Advisory Board a “shitshow” as the Bowser administration works to stamp out oversight and transparency of another critical public safety agency.
City Paper: D.C Police Officers Pull Suspects’ Hair To Get Compliance, But the Tactic Isn’t…
The Office of Police Complaints identified a pattern of White officers pulling Black people’s hair during minor stops, when the person was compliant, and when the officer was in no imminent danger.
District Links: Council extends public emergencies on opioid crisis, youth violence; board members…
The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to authorize Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend public emergencies on the opioid crisis and youth violence through Feb. 15.
DCist: D.C.’s Southeast Library Will Close For At Least Two Years For Major Renovation Project
The Southeast Library, near Eastern Market, will close on Jan. 4 for a multi-year, $33 million renovation that will modernize, expand, and restore parts of the historic library, one of the oldest in the DC Public Library system. The…
Washington Post: D.C. sues renovation company Curbio, says it’s ‘devastating’ for homeowners
D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D) said Monday that the city has sued a home-renovation company that claims to increase home sale prices but traps District residents into financially devastating contracts.
WTOP: DC files lawsuit against home renovation company Curbio, alleging fraud, deception
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit against Potomac, Maryland-based home renovation company Curbio, alleging it uses a fraudulent scheme that targets elderly and financially disadvantaged homeowners in the District.
City Paper: Schwalb Sues Maryland-Based Home Renovation Firm Curbio for Illegally Exploiting Elderly…
It’s the AG’s second lawsuit in as many months against a real estate tech company.
Washington Post: District triage line continues to trim non-emergency calls from 911
For the past five years, Right Care, Right Now program redirects non-emergency calls to nurses who diagnose patients over the phone
Washington Post: H Street was once a symbol of D.C.’s rebirth. Now it’s barely holding on.
The red neon sign was in place over the entrance and the shelves were neatly stocked with wines, whiskeys and vodkas. Sorab Dilawri was ready to launch his new liquor store on that corridor of D.C. cool known as H Street NE.
District Links: Block party celebrates unveiling of Marion Barry Avenue SE and legacy of DC’s…
New signs designate Marion Barry Avenue through Southeast DC on the corridor previously known as Good Hope Road, and a community celebration in historic Anacostia on Saturday marked the occasion with go-go music and tributes to the former…
Washington Post: D.C. says teens need financial literacy. This is how it could look.
Officials hope to introduce instruction during the 2024-2025 school year
WTOP: A ‘champion for the last, the lost and the least,’ former DC Mayor Marion Barry honored with…
A jubilant crowd — many of them Ward 8 residents and some of Marion Barry’s greatest admirers — gathered at a usually busy intersection in the community he loved, to witness the District’s latest honor for its former mayor.
Washington Post: Anacostia artery renamed for Marion Barry, D.C.’s ‘mayor for life’
The blue tarp covering the new street sign finally fell and the crowd erupted.
District Links: Council to vote on bill to extend emergencies on opioid crisis, youth violence; DC…
The DC Council is slated to vote Tuesday on legislation authorizing Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend the public emergencies she declared this week on the opioid crisis and youth violence.
jonetta rose barras: A whole DC government debacle on Talbert Street SE
As I listened to the women — most of them African American, some single mothers, all relatively young — tell their emotion-laden stories last week at a DC Council roundtable, I kept recalling that first line of one of Langston Hughes’ most…
Washington Post: D.C. delays plan for homeless shelter at former GWU dorm
The six-month delay comes as neighbors who oppose the project have filed a second lawsuit to block it, raising zoning concerns.
DCist: More Than 1 In 10 D.C. Residents Are Housing Insecure, New Report Shows
A novel study on housing insecurity in the District estimates that more than 82,000 residents – 12% of the city’s population – do not have stable housing. The overwhelming majority of those are Black and Hispanic households.
District Links: New study finds 12% of DC residents are ‘housing insecure’; Go-Go Museum…
A new research report from the Urban Institute says that just over 1 in 10 residents of DC are experiencing housing insecurity, a term that encompasses factors such as a lack of affordability, inadequate accommodations, and frequent or…