D.C. homeless population drops 11 percent, report says
“The number of homeless people in the nation’s capital has declined 11 percent since last year, a drop that was driven by reductions in the number of homeless families counted in the District and mirrored declines in homelessness throughout the region, according to a report released Wednesday. The reduction was a welcome development for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser in her struggles to curtail the District’s high rate of homelessness. But the news was not all good. The city’s homeless population of 7,473 remains higher than it was in 2015 — Bowser’s first year in office — and has increased 8.9 percent over the last five years.”