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One Year Later: Statement on the Impact on People Without Homes of the Federal Takeover in the Nation’s Capital
Amber W. Harding, Executive Director On August 10, 2025, President Trump posted on Truth Social that: “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY… We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital.” The next day, the President announced that he would be sending 800 National Guard members to D.C., deploying federal law enforcement officers, and taking over D.C.’s police force– all with instructions to clear all the homeless people off of D.C. streets and to end D.C.’s alleged violent crime problem. Thus began the federal police occupation of the nation’s capital that continues to this day, one year later.… Read more…
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This Budget Sends a Clear Message: Unhoused People Are Not Welcome in D.C.
The following is an excerpt of the oral testimony of our Executive Director, Amber Harding at the final budget hearing at the D.C. Council. Since delivering this testimony, we learned that homelessness has increased by 4% this year, with a 15.8% increase for families. The FY27 proposed budget lays out a vision for a D.C. that few low-income residents will be able to call home. This budget promises a D.C. with street sweeping but no homes for people living on those streets, homes for sports teams but not for families, and more and more law enforcement to enforce the increasingly… Read more…
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| UpdateSupreme Court Debates Rights of Unhoused and Unsheltered People
Providing housing instead of handcuffs is not only the moral, effective, and humane choice, but also the Constitutional one. Read more…
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| UpdateSupport Housing Justice and Celebrate the 37th Annual Home Court Season!
We hope you can join us at this year’s game day on March 28, support our work with a donation, and spread the word about the Legal Clinic so that we enter this next year stronger than ever as we work together toward on this vital mission. Read more…
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| UpdateOn National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day and Every Day, D.C. Must Do More to Save Lives
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. Read more…
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| UpdateIn Memoriam: Cheryl K. Barnes
Cheryl K. Barnes served on the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Board of Directors from 1997 until her passing in 2023. Read more…
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The Longest Night of the Year: National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day
On December 21, winter solstice, communities across the country will recognize National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day. Read more…
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Washington Legal Clinic For the Homeless Board of Directors Appoints Amber W. Harding as New Executive Director
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, board president Jim Rocap announces that after conducting a nationwide search, the Board by unanimous vote has appointed Amber W. Harding as the new Executive Director. Read more…
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| UpdateStatement on the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Scathing DC Housing Authority Audit
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. Read more…
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The Legal Clinic Is Hiring!
We look forward to welcoming both attorneys and non-attorneys who share our vision of housing as a human right to the Legal Clinic team! Read more…
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