Since the end of the federal officers surge, local agencies have continued clearings at encampments across the District, all while the Bowser administration encourages former and current occupants to enter public shelters.
As officials and advocates prepare for a couple of clearings across Northwest, at least one resident is telling The Informer that, even with housing insecurity and unemployment, they have no interest in leaving their encampment, nor are they considering a stay in a shelter.
“Everybody was shocked [that] I don’t want to live in a shelter,” said Getachew Gurumu, an unhoused D.C. resident who lives along Arkansas Avenue in Northwest…