Pet-Inclusive Housing Discussion & Happy Hour
Royal Restaurant 730 N. St. Asaph St., Alexandria, VA, United StatesMany animal shelters, including the AWLA, are seeing increases in the number of animals surrendered due to housing-related issues. Nationally, around 14% of owners who surrender their pets to animal shelters cite underlying housing insecurity. In Alexandria, in 2024, nearly 21% of people surrendering their animals cited housing as the reason they could not keep their animal. That is up ...