The District has closed 98 encampments through the end of July, an increase from the same period in 2025, during which D.C. closed 50 encampments, according to data from D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services (DMHHS).
Although D.C. officials have said the overall number of encampments has declined since closing the large tent communities that emerged during the pandemic, the District has increased the number of encampments it closed since federal presence began a year ago.
July included 14 completed closures, along with several other sites that were cancelled or abandoned before the scheduled clearing. Throughout the month, people packed their belongings, worked with outreach teams, and, in many cases, simply relocated to nearby areas after their encampments were cleared. About 60 people living outside were also impacted by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s new enforcement of rules against sleeping or lying down outside the downtown library.
