District officials launched The Aston unhoused shelter’s informational website Monday, fulfilling a neighborhood agreement months after the projected launch date.

The D.C. Department of Human Services announced at a Community Advisory Team meeting Monday the launch of the website outlining what communication about The Aston community members should expect from District and the shelter’s officials. The Good Neighbor Agreement, which the CAT approved in November, mandated that the District create a website with information about the shelter on New Hampshire Avenue prior to the shelter’s opening date in November.

The website details how unhoused residents can access The Aston’s program, information about Friendship Place — the shelter’s service provider — and archives of previous CAT meetings. The website lists contact information for Friendship Place and the co-chairs to the CAT, where neighbors can submit feedback, and includes information about how neighbors can volunteer or donate to the shelter.

The site also explains The Aston’s non congregate housing model, meaning tenants can stay in temporary, apartment-style rooms while they transition to permanent housing. The Aston’s shelter format is the first of its kind in the District.

At the April CAT meeting, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff David Ross at DHS Tyler Edge presented a draft of The Aston’s website to the local body.

At the May meeting, Edge presented the finalized website, which included many of the body’s suggestions like adding archives of all recordings of CAT meetings and a breakdown of The Aston’s services. He said at the meeting Monday that the website became publicly available earlier that day.

“What you’re looking at is the web page we’ve launched — I’m going to say around noon of today,” Edge said at the meeting. “It incorporates all the things that we discussed.”

Division Director of The Aston Jeremy Jones said the shelter housed 83 tenants as of Monday, adding that the program saw “several positive exits.” He said in April, two people “leased up,” which means they moved from the short-term room at The Aston to a permanent housing accommodation via the District’s voucher system. About 17 people leased up in May, he said.

John Stokes, the associate director of external affairs at the Department of General Services, said the District secured a “verbal certificate of occupancy.” A Certificate of Occupancy is a District-issued document required to open and operate the shelter.

The shelter has operated since November with a temporary Certificate of Occupancy, which the city initially didn’t grant due to a failed building inspection and issues receiving the certificate, causing the fifth delay to the shelter’s opening.

Stokes said the physical copy of the permanent certificate will be issued “any day now.” He said DGS is also evaluating the possibility of upgrading the generator at The Aston.

This follows a February power outage that left hundreds of residents of West End and parts of Dupont Circle without power for more than two days, including The Aston. In response, the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission approved a resolution last month requesting the District explore installing a generator with added capacity to supply both electricity and heat to the shelter in case of another outage.

Jones also said The Aston has received a few complaints from neighbors about the garbage cans located in front of the shelter. He said the cans are brought to the curb in front of the building on Monday and Wednesday, and they are brought back to the garage area once collected.

“Because the collectors cannot get to our garage, we have to set it out every night before they come out,” Jones said.

Courtney Cooperman, the ANC appointee to the CAT, also announced that she will depart the body to accept a job on the West coast.