Highlights

The housing crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on not only renters’ struggles but also the financial challenges of landlords, with landlords who own fewer housing units being particularly at risk. In the District of Columbia, many of these landlords are worried they may lose their properties.

Although young people make up about 25 percent of the sexually active population, they contract 50 percent of all new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) annually. In 2018, combined cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reached a record high following a five-year continuous increase.

The Washington, DC, metropolitan area has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia dashboards, about 430,000 residents of the metro area experienced infections, and 7,000 lost their lives.

A vibrant, equitable region needs housing that serves everyone. But the greater DC region has a constrained supply that, along with recent population growth, has pushed up rents and home prices. These trends have exacerbated displacement of people with low and moderate incomes and people of color from their communities. Ignoring these trends could hinder the region’s growth and prosperity.

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In response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, THRIVE East of the River—a partnership among Martha’s Table, Bread for the City, the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, and the 11th Street Bridge Park (a project of

The COVID-19 pandemic hit every corner of the country in 2020, and Washington, DC, was no exception. The public health crisis and resulting economic fallout widened disparities among DC neighborhoods and hurt families who were already struggling to afford basic needs.

Intimate partner violence (IPV)—which includes emotional, physical, and sexual dating violence—affected millions of Americans every year before the pandemic, and emerging data show the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the risks for victims. And this public health crisis isn’t exclusive to adults.

This week, the Council of the District of Columbia approved by an overwhelming majority a first-in-the-nation law allowing people in prison who were convicted of serious offenses as young adults to be considered for release via judicial review.