74%

— Increase in family homelessness in the nation's capital since the economic downturn, according to the Washington Post. The shelters have been filled to capacity this winter, and the city has lost half of its affordable housing units in the past decade due to gentrification.
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The former DC General Hospital now serves as a homeless shelter for many families.

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