Health officials say hand washing is key to avoiding the novel coronavirus, but millions of homeless people continue to have little or no access to hygiene stations.

The city is flouting CDC guidance by continuing to dismantle homeless encampments during the COVID-19 pandemic, though it does not have nearly enough shelter space.

Expansion of an existing federal rental subsidy program, the Housing Choice Voucher, could stabilize housing for millions of households.

There are certain universal human needs that any governing structure — from local to federal — is responsible for. Among these are housing, healthcare, education, public parks, clean water, and clean air — the things that make life beautiful. These needs touch every single living being and as such, are non-negotiable. They do not belong on the open market.

Elected officials need to stop making excuses for not getting unhoused people into hotel rooms.

The Bureau of Prisons could send those without homes to alternative halfway houses far from D.C. or back to prison at the end of the month.

As the coronavirus crisis continues to expand, it is clear that America needs a robust assistance program for the most vulnerable, such as the elderly and physically disabled, to ensure they have what they need to survive. The health, safety, and stability of all communities depend on it.

Taking emergency measures to protect homeless people from the pandemic is simply common sense.

Advocates say the “progressive” city has left them to die.

On the intersection of two public health crises: housing and COVID-19.

This is still a severely inadequate response to this deadly pandemic. The Mayor has both the power and the obligation to house every single person in hotels; failing to do so puts thousands of lives at risk.

To leave hundreds of people in mass congregate shelters could be a death sentence for many of our vulnerable neighbors.