Action Alert: Pass Emergency Legislation to Stop Encampment Evictions!

Posted on Dec 3, 2021 in Action Alert, Criminalization, DC Policies and Plans, Homelessness, Housing, Hypothermia, Law, Shelter, Wealth Gap | 0 comments

Councilmember Brianne Nadeau has announced emergency legislation that would prohibit encampment evictions and the creation of “no tent” zones while also addressing some of the health and safety concerns raised by unhoused and housed residents. The Council will vote on the bill next Tuesday, December 7, and nine votes are needed for the bill to pass.

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Clearing encampments addresses a visible symptom of the District’s homelessness crisis, not the crisis itself.

Posted on Apr 18, 2018 in Clients, Criminalization, DC Policies and Plans, Homelessness, Housing, Hypothermia, Justice, Law, People, Poverty, Shelter, Wealth Gap | 0 comments

The current manner in which the District is clearing encampments violates the Constitutional rights of encampment residents, which is the basis for a class action lawsuit recently filed against the District over its encampment clearing practices.

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Significant Progress on the Plan to Close DC General

Posted on May 24, 2016 in Advocates, DC Budget, DC Policies and Plans, Homelessness, Hypothermia, Justice, Law, People, Poverty, Shelter, Wealth Gap | 0 comments

Last Tuesday, the DC Council made changes to the Mayor’s proposed legislation to close the DC General family shelter and voted unanimously in favor of the bill. (It requires two votes to become law). We strongly support the changes to the bill and urge the Mayor and Council to work out any remaining kinks and expeditiously finalize and pass this important legislation. The new version of the bill maintains the overall approach proposed by Mayor...

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