Housing

Housing Assistance

• 2-1-1 Information and Referral Search
  2-1-1 provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more. Learn more about your local 2-1-1 by looking it up here.


• US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants. From this site, one can search for a subsidized apartment or find a list of locations of local Public Housing Agency (PHA) offices. One can apply for Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) at PHA offices. Some PHAs have long waiting lists, so it may be optimal to apply at more than one PHA. The PHA can also provide a list of locations at which vouchers can be used.


• National Coalition for the Homeless
  List of resources for those who are not yet homeless, such as information about local prevention or emergency assistance programs. Often these programs can help in paying rent, utilities, or bills. For those who are homeless now, emergency assistance programs listed here may help with health care, food, and temporary, transitional, or permanent housing.


• InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
  The Greater Washington, D.C. Emergency Services Directory is an online database of approximately 400 service providers of resources such as emergency shelters, home furnishing and repair services, transitional housing, and day shelters/day programs. To begin your search, go to this link and select the service(s) and region(s) of interest.


• HomeFree USA
  HomeFree-USA is leading HUD-approved homeownership development, foreclosure intervention and financial coaching organization designed to help families purchase homes and help homeowners to prevent foreclosure.

Emergency Shelters

• N Street Village
  N Street Village is a community of empowerment and recovery for homeless and low-income women in Washington, D.C. offering five shelter and housing programs that incorporate intensive case management focused on helping women achieve personal stability and make gains in their income, employment, mental health, physical health, and addiction recovery. Drop-in day care services provided through Bethany Women's Center.


• John Young Center
  12 hour emergency shelter for single adult females who are homeless: 7am – 7pm


• Luther Place Memorial Church
  Luther Place Night Shelter is located on the fourth floor of the Parish Hall and offers temporary shelter for homeless women.


• District Alliance for Safe Housing
  DASH provides safe housing and services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence and their families.

Hypothermia Services

• DC.gov Hypothermia/Hyperthermia Alerts
  Call the Shelter Hotline if you see a person who is homeless who may be impacted by extreme temperatures. (202) 399-7093


• Virginia Williams Family Resource Center
  Families seeking emergency shelter should go to the Virginia Williams Family Resource Center (VWFRC) at 920 Rhode Island Avenue, NE. VWFRC operates between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Thursdays (except for holidays and days on which the District government is closed). After 4:00 pm and on Fridays and weekends, families should call the Shelter Hotline [(202) 399-7093] for transportation to the DC General family shelter or other available family shelter.


• Emergency Shelters
  Emergency or low-barrier shelters are designed to keep people safe from extreme weather conditions. The Emergency Shelter program provides beds on a first come, first served basis, to any homeless person.

Domestic Violence Shelters/Housing

• District Alliance for Safe Housing
  DASH provides safe housing and services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence and their families.


• My Sister's Place
  My Sister's Place provides safe and confidential emergency shelter and transitional-to-permanent housing to battered women and their children. MSP also provides supportive programs, counseling, education and advocacy to all survivors of domestic violence. This is a great program, but expect time to be accepted into the shelter/program.


• House of Ruth
  Housing for women, children and families with very limited resources. They also help them build safe, stable lives, and heal from lifetimes of traumatic abuse. Provisions for 63 families and 109 single women; supportive services to 11 families housed in apartments throughout the city; developmental day care to 76 children and supportive services for their parents; and free counseling for more than 400 women a year who are dealing with or recovering from domestic violence.