Washington, D.C. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Homelessness === The city passed a law that requires shelter to be provided to everyone in need when the temperature drops below freezing.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-25/dcs-homeless-do-it-tough-as-winter-rolls-through/5113900 DC's homeless do it tough as winter rolls through] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107160941/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-25/dcs-homeless-do-it-tough-as-winter-rolls-through/5113900 |date=January 7, 2016 }}. ''ABC News'', November 25, 2013.</ref> Since D.C. does not have enough shelter units available, every winter it books hotel rooms in the suburbs with an average cost around $100 for a night. According to the D.C. Department of Human Services, during the winter of 2012 the city spent $2,544,454 on putting homeless families in hotels,<ref>Wiener, Aaron. [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2013/11/26/d-c-s-homeless-shelter-crisis-by-the-numbers/ D.C.'s Homeless Shelter Crisis, by the Numbers.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422103004/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2013/11/26/d-c-s-homeless-shelter-crisis-by-the-numbers/ |date=April 22, 2016 }} ''Washington City Paper'', November 26, 2013.</ref> and budgeted $3.2 million on hotel beds in 2013.<ref>Wiener, Aaron. [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2013/10/29/winters-coming-is-the-city-ready-to-shelter-its-homeless/ Winter's Coming. Is the City Ready to Shelter Its Homeless?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034609/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2013/10/29/winters-coming-is-the-city-ready-to-shelter-its-homeless/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} ''Washington City Paper'', October 29, 2013.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page