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Bowser Administration Misled the Public About DC General Replacement Shelter Progress—Will the DC Council Hold Them Accountable?
Legal Clinic attorney Amber Harding delivered this testimony before the DC Council Committee on Human Services and Committee on Transportation and the Environment on June 25, 2018. Read more…
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| AdvocacyDC Council Must Do Better on Affordable Housing by Second Budget Vote
Just like the budget you might make for your family, our elected leaders are responsible for making choices that ensure that everyone in the DC family can meet their basic needs, including having safe housing. Read more…
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Do Your Elected Leaders Value Affordable Housing Enough to Fund It?
Contact your Council member and tell them this gap between rhetoric and reality is unacceptable—that they must do better by DC residents struggling with homelessness! Read more…
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This Budget is Irresponsible. Flip It.
We are failing to build and sustain a District of Columbia in which I would be proud to raise my children. Read more…
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Clearing encampments addresses a visible symptom of the District’s homelessness crisis, not the crisis itself.
The current manner in which the District is clearing encampments violates the Constitutional rights of encampment residents, which is the basis for a class action lawsuit recently filed against the District over its encampment clearing practices. Read more…
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Legal Services Organizations’ Sign On Letter: Rightsize Rapid Re-Housing
As much as this Administration may wish it to be otherwise, this program simply does not make sense for the majority of families experiencing homelessness in DC. Read more…
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| Advocacy
March, Rally, Deliver, Testify…Change?
We continue to press for these changes because our clients need, want, and deserve better. Read more…
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Families, not Developers, Must be Primary Drivers of DC General Timeline
We all support closing DC General, but it must be done in a way that centers and respects the health, safety, and stability of families who are homeless. Read more…
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The Final Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act: Where We Stand
In the midst of DC’s affordable housing crisis, the majority of the DC Council chose to limit access to emergency shelter. Read more…
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Rapid Re-Housing and the Homeless Services Reform Act
The DC Council now has an opportunity to reform rapid re-housing legislatively to ensure that the more than 1,300 families in program are not set up to fail. Read more…
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