Credit: This artist's rendering shows what a new shelter for families serving Ward 4 will look like once completed in the fall of 2018. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials broke ground on the renovation project on 5th Street NW on Thursday. The facility will house 45 families and has 20 bathrooms, laundry rooms, a basketball court and a playground. (Courtesy D.C. Department of Human Services)
DC begins construction on first of 6 new family homeless shelters
