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NBC4: Police Searched Tunnels Under DC General for Missing Child Relisha Rudd
Acting on new information, D.C. police recently resumed the search for missing child Relisha Rudd, focusing on underground tunnels at the now-closed homeless shelter where she lived.
The Post Editorial Board: D.C. General is shuttered. Now the city must tackle homelessness.
VERY LITTLE fanfare accompanied the shuttering of the District’s notorious shelter for homeless families at the old D.C. General hospital. There were brief remarks, and the entrance was chained shut. “We’re moving on,” said Mayor Muriel E.…
Curbed DC: D.C.’s biggest family homeless shelter closes as officials prepare to open new ones
Without much ado, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday officially shuttered D.C. General, the former hospital that had served as a homeless shelter since 2001 and had housed more than 260 families a night at peak levels in recent years, making it…
WAMU: Bowser Closes D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter
Fulfilling a promise she made when she first ran for mayor four years ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday declared the D.C. General family homeless shelter closed. “The last family has moved out of the facility,” she said. “It’s no…
DCist: 34 Families Remain At D.C. General As Demolition Continues On Site
Thirty-four families are still living at D.C. General, the large, dilapidated former hospital-turned-homeless shelter that Mayor Muriel Bowser is working to close by the end of the year. The city announced to residents this summer that it…
Washington Times: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser opens second homeless shelter
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday opened the second homeless shelter to replace the dilapidated facility at the former D.C. General Hospital campus — part of her campaign promise to close D.C. General by the end of the year and to make…
Amber Harding: Mayor still has an opportunity to do right by current DC General residents
Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration rightfully celebrated the opening of the first DC General replacement shelter, which is scheduled to welcome its first residents soon. Called The Kennedy, the shelter is a 45-unit building…
WAMU: Bowser Opens First Family Homeless Shelter That Will Replace D.C. General
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday cut the ribbon on the first of six family homeless shelters being built to replace D.C. General. The long-troubled shelter will be closed this fall as part of Bowser’s efforts to reform the city’s…
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on the Ward 4 Short-Term Family Housing Program, Marking Monumental…
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September 26, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on the Ward 4 Short-Term Family Housing Program, Marking Monumental Step Forward in Closing and Replacing DC…
Curbed DC: New D.C. General replacement shelter to début in Northwest this month
On Sept. 26, District officials will cut the ribbon on the first new family homeless shelter to open as a replacement for the derelict D.C. General shelter, which is slated to close this fall. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration announced…
Ribbon Cutting on New Short Term Family Housing Program in Ward 4 Coming September 26
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August 31, 2018
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Ribbon Cutting on New Short Term Family Housing Program in Ward 4 Coming September 26
DC General on-track to close this Fall, Bowser Administration…
Curbed DC: Homeless advocates plan another protest against D.C. General demolition on Friday
Last month, they showed up outside her house. But tomorrow, advocates for the homeless will go to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office at the John A. Wilson Building to demand that her administration pause demolition work on the campus of the…
With DC General shelter set to close, Playtime Project opens new doors
Twenty-four-year-old Sherrice Evans first discovered the room full of toys and children after her daughter ran off to give a stranger a hug.
The stranger, who was a volunteer, and the Quality Inn ballroom full of toys were both part of a…
Shelter construction delays bring questions over vetting of subcontractor
DC Council members this week grilled District officials over delays in constructing planned family homeless shelters in wards 7 and 8, while officials maintained both shelters will still open on schedule in the fall.
The two shelters…
Washington Post’s Petula Dvorak: ‘Where do I go now?’ In D.C., fear as a decrepit homeless…
The developer’s banner stretching across construction fencing promises beautiful apartments, with floor-to-ceiling windows, trees and flower beds, a little pool of blue water. “Is that a little pool for us?” a 9-year-old boy who passes the…