Articles on Homelessness

January 2012 - THC approved for Walter Reed space

Article “Walter Reed Plan Approved, On Its Way to Council” (Washington City Paper)


September 2011 USICH - Latest Report

Current trends in family homelessness


March 7 - Ending Homelessness: A Model That Just Might Work

NPR story on All Things Considered about a permanent supportive housing project in the middle of NYC.


January 2011 - State of Homelessness in America 2011

National Alliance to End Homelessness 48-page report on the effects from the recession, data, findings, analysis and strategies for moving forward.


October 26 - Washington Post: District gets winter plan for sheltering the homeless

Article from the Washington Post describing latest budget approval by Interagency Council on Homelessness for increased permanent housing (185 units) during the winter months.


October 26 - Who is Low-Income in DC?

Report by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute with analysis of the District’s population, poverty issues, and economic barriers.  Recommendations include policy-based solutions, enhanced services, and better coordination among DC government agencies.


June 16 - Associated Press: Number of homeless down, but homeless families up

Increasing rate of homeless families in the United States


June 8 - Washington City Paper: DC General’s Family Shelter Back at Capacity

Overcrowding at the DC General’s family shelter (June 8, 2010)


May 2010 Point-in-Time Report

Regional Portrait of Homelessness: 68-page report on the 2010 survey results counting the homeless population in Metropolitan Washington.  Prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s Homeless Services Planning and Coordinating Committee (May 2010)


The New York Times: Handing Out Money to Stave Off Homelessness

U.S. Offers a Hand to Those on Eviction’s Edge


Washington Post: Long lines in D.C. shouldn’t be filled with the city’s poor

Long lines in D.C. shouldn’t be filled with the city’s poor


USA Today: Apartment rents cheaper than stays in homeless shelters

Apartment rents cheaper than stays in homeless shelters


Washington Post: Report finds rise in D.C. poverty to nearly 1 in 5 residents

Report finds rise in D.C. poverty to nearly 1 in 5 residents


Washington Examiner: Forum highlights economic displacement and homelessness

Forum highlights economic displacement and homelessness


Washington City Paper: DC General Article

Article on DC General and homeless families


Washington Post: Homeless D.C. teenagers visit White House

Homeless D.C. teenagers visit White House


Washington Post: Digging deeper to pay the District’s rising rents

Digging deeper to pay the District’s rising rents


Point in Time Survey/ Washington Post Article: Homeless count a unique challenge for census workers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012704731.html


Washington Post: District to disburse $7.5M in stimulus money to help homeless

Washington Post: District to disburse $7.5M in stimulus money to help homeless