Washington Post: Number of D.C. homeless increased by nearly 12 percent
The number of people experiencing homelessness in D.C. has increased by 11.6 percent over the last year, including a significant uptick in individuals living on the streets for the first time.
DCist: Adams Morgan ANC Votes To Allow More Bars In The Neighborhood
The advisory neighborhood commission for Adams Morgan recommended easing the longtime cap on new liquor licenses for taverns this week, meaning 18th Street NW and surrounding areas could get more new bars.
DCist: Republicans Pushing U.S. Attorney For D.C. To Testify At House Hearing On Crime
House Republicans are demanding the U.S. Attorney for D.C., who prosecutes most violent crime in the city, testify at a congressional hearing later this month on rising crime and recent data showing the federal office has declined to…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 5, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced transitions of executive…
Press Release: 2023 Point in Time Results Show Increase from Last Year, Overall Continued Progress…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 5, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Kevin Valentine, Jr. (DHS)
Homelessness In the District Is Up…
jonetta rose barras: Budget madness in DC
The $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her administration’s chaotic and shortsighted public policy development coupled with poor thinking around…
District Links: Metro asks DC to delay fare-free buses, move ahead on K Street Transitway; House…
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board of directors has upended the DC Council's budget deliberations with a new letter calling for a one-year pause on fare-free buses in the District, reiterating support for the K…
Washington Post: D.C. Housing Authority official drafted op-ed for landlord group
The draft emerged out of a strategy session agency director Brenda Donald sought with landlords
Washington Post: Comer threatens to subpoena U.S. attorney ahead of oversight hearing on D.C.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is threatening to subpoena the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia after the Justice Department declined to make him available to testify at a hearing scheduled this month on…
Washington Post: Metro deals blow to fare-free bus plan in win for Bowser
Several D.C. Council members raised questions about the plan this week, days after the mayor organized support for the competing K Street Transitway project
Petula Dvorak in The Post: In America, we’re really good at ignoring the people in the middle
D.C. is home to more than a half-million people living above the poverty line who still struggle to afford basics, analysis finds
DCist: D.C. Council Looks To Increase Funding For Emergency Rental Assistance And Vouchers
D.C. lawmakers are scrambling to find additional funding for emergency rental assistance and housing vouchers in the budget for the coming year, expressing concerns that cuts to both programs proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser could lead to a…
DCist: The Saga Continues: Metro Board’s Request Likely To Delay D.C.’s Fare-Free Bus Plan
The Metro Board of Directors is asking the D.C. Council to delay for a year a plan to make Metrobuses free of charge within city limits, dealing a blow to an initiative that was popular with lawmakers but had faced a number of mounting…
Associated Press: Commanders supporting DC efforts to control RFK Stadium site
The Washington Commanders say they are supporting efforts by the District of Columbia to get control of the RFK Stadium site that used to be the NFL team’s home.
District Links: Embattled DCHA director set to step down this summer; Commanders lobby Congress for…
The beleaguered DC Housing Authority will have new leadership sooner than expected, with an announcement last night that executive director Brenda Donald will step down sometime this summer.
Washington Post: As stadium competition looms, Commanders lobby Congress over future of RFK
The Washington Commanders are lobbying federal legislators to give D.C. control over the RFK Stadium site, which would pave the way for the city to offer it as a potential new home for the team.
DCist: As Budget Vote Looms, Lawmakers At Odds On Future Of D.C.’s Troubled Crime Lab
Less than two weeks out from the D.C. Council’s first vote on next year’s budget, the future of the city’s independent (unaccredited, beleaguered) crime lab remains in limbo.
City Paper: How the Courts, COVID, and Jan. 6 Have Made it Harder for D.C Prisoners to Earn Early…
Incarcerated people must now apply for early release from far-flung federal prisons rather than the D.C. Jail, making the process all the more difficult.
DCist: D.C. Housing Authority Director Brenda Donald Will Resign This Summer
D.C. Housing Authority Director Brenda Donald will depart the agency this summer, according to a late night announcement from officials.
Washington Post: D.C. Housing Authority director Brenda Donald to step down
Donald is departing after less than two years on the job and with the agency under fire