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Following months of speculation and a flurry of recent executive orders, housed and unhoused Washingtonians alike are left wondering what the future of their city looks like under the Trump administration.

The District’s homeless services system moves more families into housing than single adults each year, even though more individuals experience homelessness.

RRH is a short-term subsidy that pays a portion of a family’s rent through the Family Rehousing Stabilization Program (FRSP) or an individual’s rent through Rapid Rehousing for Individuals (RRH-I).

Tenants with disabilities who rely on D.C.’s public housing struggle to find units that meet their needs, a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says. Read more here:

Some D.C. affordable housing providers say millions in unpaid rent is threatening their operations. Read more here:

President Donald Trump issued a March 14 executive order calling for the elimination of all “non-statutory components and functions” of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). Read more here:

Friendship Terrace, a medium-sized apartment complex in Ward 3, announced it would be opening up 125 “deeply affordable” housing units for independent seniors, making the retirement community open to low-income D.C. residents. Click here to read more:

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