Suburbs not immune to homeless boom

Some of D.C.’s affluent suburbs are facing homeless crises of their own.

A May study by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments found that homelessness had increased dramatically in nearly every suburb between 2005 and 2009. In Loudoun County, it spiked by more than 63 percent. In Prince William, homelessness leaped by 25 percent. In Montgomery, it increased nearly 17 percent.