https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:33:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/housing/d-c-residents-and-commissioners-criticize-dcha-for-inconsistent-communication/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:32:25 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23034 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — Multiple residents told the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) that they did not feel heard when raising concerns about voucher support, for the federally funded affordable housing program, and overall living conditions.   “From the beginning of my residency, DCHA failed to assign me a housing specialist in a timely manner,” said Sophia Thelisma during the public testimony section of the DCHA Board of Commissioners’ first meeting of the year.  “The unit that DCHA approved passed [the] inspection, despite serious habitability issues,” Thelisma said. “The building was later found to contain mold levels exceeding legal limits, lead hazards and structural defects.”  During the nearly]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/in-the-midst-of-senioritis-college-seniors-struggle-to-access-timely-mental-health-support-at-howard/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:56:16 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=22293 WASHINGTON (HUNS) – Many college students dream of walking across the stage in their caps and gowns in four years. For Monica Maya, her dream is now delayed and further complicating her experience is a lack of responsive mental health services she needs — a reality for many other seniors at Howard University.  Maya, a fifth-year senior majoring in chemical engineering, has had counseling sessions from Howard University Counseling Services (UCS) since her sophomore year. UCS provides a variety of mental health services – which includes eight individual sessions per semester, group counseling, workshops and referrals for medication management.   Because]]>