BFC In the News

Crazy busy time of year! In addition to everything else going on, we went to three great galas last weekend. On Saturday night we headed to the Omni Shoreham in Woodley Park for Bread for the City Good Hope Gala.

Terrell Walker says that her apartment in Washington, D.C., has mold and problems with heating and old appliances. She's been withholding rent in an effort to get her landlord to fix up the apartment.

Every morning for weeks, Meagen Limes made the same phone call: to a court in Washington, D.C., to see if that day was the day she'd be evicted from her home.

BFC’s Rebecca Lindhurst: “Tenants often don’t know what their rights are. They enter into agreements that settle the cases that are very unfavorable to them.”

BFC’s Sam Jewler: “It’s not the complete ‘win’ we are looking for yet. It’s definitely a step towards that.”

I have had the honor of being associated with Bread for the City (Bread) for more than 20 years, the last six or seven as a Board Member and Treasurer. One key element of Bread’s success has been the longevity of Kristin Foti, their development director.

As inconvenient as snowstorms can be for the average District resident, they can be even more crippling to the city’s vulnerable populations and the services they rely on...

The Washington area charity community is still dealing with the pullback in government spending, which has cut grants and pinched the resources of many businesses whose fortunes are tied to the federal budget. Nevertheless, many local companies have risen to the challenge.