On National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day and Every Day, D.C. Must Do More to Save Lives

Posted on Dec 19, 2023 in Action Alert, DC Policies and Plans, Events, Featured, Homelessness, Housing, Hypothermia, In Memoriam, Justice, Law, People, Shelter, Wealth Gap | 0 comments

The Legal Clinic will stand with our friends at the People for Fairness Coalition this week at the 11th Annual Memorial and Vigil to commemorate those lives lost. We will continue to stand with our unhoused clients every single day to demand that the D.C. government prioritize the lives and needs of people by ensuring that everyone in D.C. has access to safe, accessible shelter and housing.

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Statement on the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Scathing DC Housing Authority Audit

Posted on Oct 18, 2022 in Action Alert, Clients, DC Policies and Plans, Homelessness, Housing | 0 comments

The recent report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) that lays out eighty-two ways in which the DC Housing Authority (“DCHA”) is failing residents, tenants, and voucher holders confirms what housing advocates and residents have long known.

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