12/10/2021
Really helpful article about hostile architecture that affects unhoused people in DC.
“I am convinced this is not a result of a broken system; quite the contrary,” Turner wrote in an email to The Hoya. “This is a carefully crafted system that keeps the rich, rich, neighbors white and affluent, and offers them an aesthetic they can feel comfortable living with.”
https://thehoya.com/unhoused-people-experience-anti-homeless-architecture-in-georgetown/
This article is part of our 2021 contribution to the D.C. Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms. The collective works will be published throughout the day at DCHomelessCrisis.press. Hostile architecture blocks unhoused people from sleeping and using bathroom....