Breakfast links: Homelessness trends vary across region’s suburbs (opens in new tab)

Homelessness trends diverge across DC suburbs: Montgomery County down, Alexandria up Montgomery County posted the region’s largest homelessness decline at 26%, while Alexandria bucked the trend with a 14% increase and the highest per-capita rate in the DC suburbs. Both cite soaring housing costs, and regional officials warn that looming federal funding cuts to the area’s $77 million in annual homeless services could reverse recent gains. (Elia Griffin / Bethesda Magazine, Scott McCaffrey / AL...