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D.C. Elected Leaders Are Failing Unhoused Residents, But That Can Change With Your Help!
On Monday, July 14, the D.C. Council will take its first vote on our local budget and many legal changes that will impact the lives of D.C. residents. As we discussed here, the mayor’s budget proposal was regressive and harmful, hardly befitting a city where the vast majority of residents support progressive and humane economic and […] Read more…
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The Mayor’s Budget is a Regressive Proposal Beyond Any Reasonable Fear of Federal Intervention
There is still time for D.C. Council to mitigate the harm of the mayor’s budget and ensure that the final budget “looks like” D.C. We must continue to urge D.C. government to prioritize the basic needs of its residents and elevate the policies, resources, and investments that keep people safe and protected in all aspects of their life. Read more…
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Reflections on the Rule of Law and the Role of the Lawyer
Lately, the “rule of law” has been in the news, prompting many of us to think more critically about the law’s role in our democracy, as well as a lawyer’s role in preserving the rule of law. On May 1, many of us at the Legal Clinic attended the DC Law Day rally at the […] Read more…
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2025 Funding and Reform Priorities: D.C. Must Choose to Support Its People
2025 Funding and Reform Priorities: D.C. Must Choose to Support Its People Over the years, we have seen two categories of harmful responses when D.C. elected leaders claim, rightfully or not, that there are not enough resources to meet the pressing needs in the community: 1) cuts or underfunding of housing and human services programs, […] Read more…
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Statement on D.C. Encampments: Destroying Communities Will Not Make D.C. Great
Hurting unhoused people with encampment clearings hurts our entire community and does nothing to end homelessness. Read more…
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| NewsWe Give Thanks for Legal Clinic Volunteers
With their commitment to housing justice and the mission of our organization, each of our volunteers carries on the spirit that brought the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless into existence in the 1980s. Read more…
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| NewsPress 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. Read more…
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Legal Clinic Intern Greg Zlotnick Offers His Reflections
By Greg Zlotnick, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Intern Ten weeks later, I’m just getting started. Not on everything, mind you. My internship this summer at the Legal Clinic has provided me with an invaluable education on many fronts. The staff attorneys have mentored me as I have developed and added to my legal […] Read more…
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