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D.C.'s primary election is TODAY! 🗳️ Read about candidates' responses to encampments, housing vouchers, and more, all in our voter guide at streetsensemedia.org.

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D.C.'s primary election is in 2️⃣ days on Tuesday, June 16! Go to streetsensemedia.org to read our voter guide and get insight into candidates' positions on housing policy, clearing encampments, and more.

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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.

https://streetsensemedia.org/article/the-throes-of-being-a-political-candidate/

The throes of being a political candidate - Street Sense Media Street Sense vendor Reginald Black gives his thoughts on candidates' responses at a forum hosted by the National Coalition for the Homeless.

From our partners at Washington City Paper: 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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Homeless Encampment Clearings Increase Across D.C. Without Steady Roads to Housing Funding for housing vouchers is depleted and encampment clearings are increasing. So where are people experiencing homelessness supposed to go?

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.

D.C. prepares for Freedom 250 as nonprofit concerns loom - Street Sense Media Outreach workers and government officials are worried those living outside may face disruptions as D.C. prepares for Freedom 250 celebrations.

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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Street Sense voter guide part 1: Mayor, delegate, attorney general - Street Sense Media Part 1 of Street Sense's voter guide for the June 16 primary elections.

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.

https://streetsensemedia.org/article/street-sense-voter-guide-part-2-d-c-council/

Part two of Street Sense's voter guide is out! Eleven candidates for the D.C. Council tell us how they'd address homelessness.

Street Sense voter guide part 2: D.C. Council - Street Sense Media Candidates for the upcoming D.C. Council elections tell Street Sense how they'd approach homelessness policy.