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From The Blog

Press Release: Emergency Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Hundreds of Housing Assistance Terminations

Children’s Law Center, The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, and three prominent D.C. law firms filed a class action lawsuit this week with the D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings, requesting emergency relief for over 800 D.C. families facing an inevitable loss of housing due to the District’s unlawful mass terminations in the rapid re-housing program.

DC Council’s Proposed “Fix” Will Increase Rent Arrears and Evictions

We urge DC Council to vote no on the Emergency Rental...

Open Letter to Mayor Bowser: Keep Families Housed Until They Transfer to Permanent Housing Programs

We are writing to ask you to halt the exits of families in rapid re-housing until the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) can complete the housing voucher eligibility and lease-up process for the significant number of vouchers that are available now or by October 1.

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