Mayor Bowser Cuts Ribbon on New 801 East Men’s Shelter in Ward 8
Date Released:
Mon, 01/24/2022
(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Department of General Services (DGS) cut the ribbon on the new 801 East Men’s Shelter on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8. The new 88,000 square-foot shelter is the District’s first major shelter redevelopment project for individuals under Mayor Bowser’s Homeward DC strategic plan to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.
