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

Posted on Oct 25, 2024 in Action Alert, DC Policies and Plans, Featured, Homelessness, Housing, Law | 0 comments

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.

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

Posted on Sep 27, 2024 in Action Alert, DC Policies and Plans, Homelessness, Housing, Law | 0 comments

We urge DC Council to vote no on the Emergency Rental Assistance Reform Emergency Act of 2024 to be voted on Tuesday, October 1. The bill is bad for tenants and landlords. If passed, it will increase evictions and housing insecurity and make it harder for tenants to pay, and landlords to collect, rent. The Emergency Rental Assistance Reform Emergency Act of 2024 does not: 1. Help tenants pay rent. 2. Help landlords pay their mortgages or...

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Action Alert: Oppose Emergency Bill that Narrows Access to ERAP and Increases Evictions, Harming Both DC Tenants and Landlords

Posted on Sep 26, 2024 in Action Alert, DC Policies and Plans, Housing, Law, Poverty, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Chairman Mendelson circulated an emergency bill, to be voted on on Tuesday, October 1, that will do nothing to address the affordability crisis that both landlords and tenants are asking for assistance with. Instead, the bill will narrow eligibility for emergency rental assistance (ERAP), lengthen the amount of time it takes to process ERAP applications, and allow evictions to happen even when the landlord or the government agency is at fault...

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