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Tag: homelessness

Homeless persons find shelter under a D.C. bridge. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Biden Admin Lays Out Plan to Drastically Reduce U.S. Homelessness

by Stacy M. Brown December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

The Biden administration has decided to roll out a national push to reduce homelessness by 25% in two years.

Homeless persons find shelter under a D.C. bridge. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

Homelessness: A Problem That Can Be Solved with Political Will

by Barrington M. Salmon, Special to The Informer December 14, 2022December 14, 2022
**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Bowser Admin Launches Annual Home for the Holidays Campaign to Combat Homelessness

by WI Web Staff November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
Homeless persons find shelter under a D.C. bridge. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inNational

HUD Announces $2.8B in Grants for Homeless Services

by Stacy M. Brown August 3, 2022August 3, 2022
**FILE** Throughout the city last year, the District of Columbia cleared several encampments where more than 100 people lived and established "no camping zones" to prevent people from moving back to tent cities. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Advocate Explains Much Larger Picture in Murders of Homeless Men

by Sam P.K. Collins March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
The homeless crisis in New York is the worse since the Great Depression of the 1930s. (iStock via GSU)
Posted inNational

Blacks Hit Hardest as NYC’s Homeless Population Grows Amid Mental Health Crisis

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Crimes against the homeless continue to increase. (Courtesy of daveynin via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNational

Violent Crimes Against the Homeless Have Worsened During Pandemic

by Stacy M. Brown February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
girl s white and gray crew neck top holding gray wire fence
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Caring for Children This Holiday Season

by Marian Wright Edelman December 21, 2021December 22, 2021
Courtesy photo
Posted inCommunity

Struggles Faced by District’s Homeless Citizens Return to the Spotlight

by Sam P.K. Collins October 6, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inViewpoints

VIEWPOINTS

by WI Guest Author September 29, 2021December 21, 2021

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