The District is considering Friendship Place, a housing provider for people experiencing homelessness, as a services partner for The Aston, a spokesperson said last week.| The GW Hatchet
Members of a local governing body elected Courtney Cooperman and Chris Labas to represent the community during the conversion.| The GW Hatchet
The D.C. Council approved D.C.’s $27.5 million contract to buy the Aston from GW and convert it into a non-congregate shelter for unhoused people last week.| The GW Hatchet
Officials will delay the opening of a homeless shelter in The Aston by up to six months after an unnamed group of local property owners filed a second lawsuit last month attempting to block its conversion into a shelter.| The GW Hatchet
