While DC’s efforts have been impressive, the single best policy for reducing homelessness is to expand the housing supply
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskYet there is cause for celebration. Despite appearances, homelessness has actually decreased by 47% in Washington,, for the improvement. Launched in 2016, the programme replaced a large shelter,General, with smaller facilities and support services, revamped the family homeless services system and opened a new men’s shelter.General, a dilapidated former hospital.
The city has also tried to intervene earlier, offering support to people before they become homeless, explains Laura Zeilinger, the director of’s Department of Human Services. This might include help with a utility bill, assistance with a landlord, or mediation services to help housemates solve conflicts that might otherwise land a person on the streets. All told the initiative has cost the city $300m since 2016.
Yet despite the improvement, the tents remain. The unsheltered homeless are the hardest to help: they are more likely to be unemployed and to have severe health problems. During the pandemic, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention encouraged officials to leave tent communities alone. Campers became more settled, explains Ms Zeilinger. While the number of homeless people living in encampments stayed steady, some accumulated belongings and multiple tents.
Jurisdictions matter too. Some tent communities in the District of Columbia are on federal land, such as the encampment between Union Station and the Capitol, and thus beyond the city’s reach. The National Park Service cleared the tents in June, but some have since returned.is hardly alone in having a homelessness problem. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, a federal agency, reported that 326,000 Americans were in shelters on a single night last year .
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