The Men of Valor choir is operated through Central Union Mission is a source of community and a musical outlet for unhoused ...

Vendor Jeffery McNeil explains how closing the door on political opposition creates only a fiercer version to contend with.

Under 100 veterans in Washington, D.C. were experiencing chronic homelessness, last year, Street Sense analyzes what causes ...

The United Planning Organization a nonprofit that runs the shelter hotline is expanding into running a housing program.

DC Central Kitchen's culinary job training program bridges economic divides for people facing high barriers to employment.

The Bellevue Back to School Bash helped many housing insecure families in the District prepare for back to school.

The ban preventing people from sleeping outside Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has yet to cause arrest but it has ...

Street Sense vendor Monique Rivers outlines what success means to her and explains how faith keeps her on the path to success ...

The unkept promise of D.C.’s Commission on Poverty The D.C. Commission on Poverty has been left reeling, with no budget and no vice chair, as some worry the city doesn’t care about the body. D.C. body ...

Street Sense vendor James Davis recalls how the government shutdown last October impacted his life and how he kept it ...

In a rare move, President Donald Trump federalized D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deployed the National Guard to D.C. on Aug. 11 in response to perceived high crime rates in the city.

This series outlines all the major events, people and places that affected the state of homelessness and poverty in Washington from 1975 to today. Street Sense has no online paywall to keep our ...