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| UpdateThe DC Heat Poses Great Risk to Homeless Residents: What You Can Do To Help
Stay safe and hydrated, and save the shelter hotline number in your phone (202-399-7093); it could help you save a life this summer! Read more…
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| UpdateDispatches from the Affordable Housing Initiative: Brookland Manor
This struggle continues in the context of the affordable housing crisis that grips all of DC, but that has caused the most damage and continues to loom most threateningly in low-income communities of color. Read more…
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| UpdateDispatches from the Affordable Housing Initiative: Congress Heights
The Alabama Ave/13th Street Tenant Coalition Continues the Struggle to Exercise Rights Under the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act Read more…
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“Abandoned All Over Again”: A Discussion on Aging Out of Foster Care & Homelessness
Sacred B. Huff studies law at George Washington University School of Law and interned with the Legal Clinic in summer 2017. Following her internship, she wrote this piece reflecting upon challenges faced by youth aging out of the foster care system, with a particular focus on housing instability and homelessness. Read more…
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| UpdateGive the Gift of Housing Justice this Giving Tuesday!
Giving Tuesday is an important day for the Legal Clinic, and we are grateful for your consideration during this celebration of generosity! Thank you for being part of our community and the pursuit of housing justice in D.C.! Read more…
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Congress Heights Update and Email Action
You can make it clear that the members of the Alabama Ave/13th Street Tenants Coalition are not alone. It’s vital that Mayor Bowser and DC Council hear that their constituents are in solidarity with the tenants in the struggle for housing justice at Congress Heights. Read more…
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A Legal Clinic Case Study: Stories Shared. Lessons Learned.
As has been true for now more than thirty years, we are an effort of the community, coming together from our various perspectives and experiences…companions on the journey towards a more just and inclusive DC. Read more…
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| UpdateMaking 2018 Part of the Journey Toward a Just DC
In the year ahead, we will do our very best to level the playing fields and to bridge the divides, so that before too many more calendar pages turn, all DC residents may have a safe and affordable place to call home. Read more…
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Three Decades of Gratitude
As the Legal Clinic’s thirtieth anniversary year nears an end, and in the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, we look back in gratitude upon the three decades that we have had the privilege of doing this important work. Read more…
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Thankful to Have a Home for the Holidays
In April of 2012, Charmaine Walton wrote a guest blog for us with a simple, straightforward plea: “Help me get affordable housing.” Charmaine’s story is one of strength, perseverance in the face of enormous challenge, and ultimately, of hope. With assistance from the Legal Clinic and thanks to a housing voucher through the Local Rent Supplement Program, Charmaine and her daughter Morgan were able to move into their own apartment in March of 2013. We recently caught up with Charmaine and asked her to share what she and her daughter are most thankful for this Thanksgiving: … Read more…
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