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D.C.'s primary election is in 2️⃣ days on Tuesday, June 16! Go to https://t.co/tzm2TuXUEg to read our voter guide and get insight into candidates' positions on housing policy, clearing encampments, and more.

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Only a couple days left to pick up the paper before our next issue! Find a vendor to purchase your copy 🗞️

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At a National Coalition for the Homeless mayoral forum, three candidates addressed unemployment, encampment sweeps, and more. Drawing on his lived experience with homelessness in D.C., vendor Reginald Black offers reflections on the candidates' responses.

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From our partners at @wcp: Encampment clearings are on track to rise more than 200% compared to 2024. As people are pushed into less visible areas, they are farther from safety and support services, advocates say.

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NEW: Outreach workers and government officials are worried residents living outside may face disruptions as D.C. prepares to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary on the National Mall.

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D.C.'s early voting starts today! Read Street Sense's voter guide to see if candidates support clearing encampments, implementing new taxes to fund housing vouchers, expanding shelters, and more.

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Going to early vote in D.C. this week? Check out Street Sense's voter guide to see what ideas D.C. Council candidates have to respond to homelessness, including lived experience advisory councils, school interventions, and a tax on millionaires.

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Part two of Street Sense's voter guide is out! Eleven candidates for the D.C. Council tell us how they'd address homelessness. https://t.co/IHlVLWTU5D

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Ahead of the D.C. Council's first vote on the budget next week, homeless services got some good news: proposed cuts to day centers and youth and domestic violence services were reversed. But there's still a $27 million hole in the voucher budget.

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The newest edition hit the streets today! Find a vendor to read the second half of our primary election guide, updates on the city's homelessness budget, and how the city and nonprofits are preparing to help people living outside during this summer's celebrations. 📰

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Curious how candidates to be D.C.'s new representative to Congress would approach camping bans, federal funding for homelessness, and affordable housing? Check out their policies in our voter guide, under the delegate section!

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Street Sense asked the mayoral candidates how they'd respond to encampments, shelter needs, homelessness, and more. Check out their responses in our voter guide, online now.

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Bowser's proposed budget would cut staff at the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the sole office in the District dedicated exclusively to homelessness, from eight people to just one.

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As the D.C. Council finalizes the city's budget, homeless service advocates are demanding it reverse cuts to day centers, vouchers, and the social safety net. One way advocates suggest to fund the programs? A wealth tax.

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Homelessness in the DMV is reverting to pre-pandemic levels, with at least 9,790 people experiencing homelessness on one night this January. Here's how it breaks out across the region.

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Our voter guide is on the streets! Find a vendor to read about what the mayoral, delegate, and AG homelessness policies are, and stay tuned for part 2 in early June.

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Opinion: Ahead of the mayoral primary election, community advocate and former outreach worker Shane Sullivan explains why they think Janeese Lewis George is the best candidate for people experiencing homelessness, and the city as a whole.

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Just a few days left to buy this week's paper! Make sure to find a vendor to get a copy and read about a new documentary starring Frederic John and how the mayor's proposed budget will impact the D.C. shelter system.

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More than 20 years ago, Street Sense's Frederic John approached a filmmaker, hoping to produce an original movie. Instead, the pair spent years chronicling their struggles, art, and journeys around the city, resulting in the documentary "BILLY LUCK."

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D.C. cleared 16 encampments from the end of March to the end of April. Most of the encampments had only one resident, evidence of a continued shift to smaller, scattered sites in the wake of the federal takeover.

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