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As summer approaches, city officials are faced with a familiar question: Where are people experiencing homelessness supposed to go?
The answer this year could be more complicated than most because while the District is cracking down on encampments, it has also run out of housing vouchers. D.C. Housing Authority Interim Executive Director Nicole Wickliffe confirmed during a recent oversight hearing that the District is out of money to fund new housing vouchers and is unable to award new ones until next fiscal year…