FY26 Advocacy Priorities

Rising Needs

  • Average rent in the region is up 21% since May 2020. (CAFB
    Hunger Report 2024)
  • Older adults are the largest demographic in DC Point in Time
    Homeless Count (CPPH)
  • More than half of D.C. residents over 60 live alone, compared with
    just 27 percent nationally (DACL State of Aging 2024 – 2027).
  • More than 1 in 10 of DC’s seniors are food insecure; 1 in 3 are
    experiencing hunger.

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