Seniors

Summary: The Legal Counsel for the Elderly received a grant from the AARP Foundation to help it expand its veterans advocacy project. New outreach efforts will include setting up assistance clinics throughout the city targeted to veterans…

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…

The House of Representatives is showing renewed interest in statehood for the District of Columbia. With the House leadership all on board and Democrats holding a majority, the House could pass the Washington, D.C. Admission Act this year,…

Under a Monday afternoon drizzle in Congress Heights, community advocates and politicians teamed up with a local nonprofit and a developer to break ground last week on Iona East, a new adult day center to serve District residents east of…