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Update on Bill 18-1059
Here is a copy of the permanent legislation that Mr. Wells introduced on Tuesday. To listen to the statement that he made when he withdrew the emergency version of the bill, click here. There will be a hearing on November 8, 2010 at 11:30a.m. We are currently reviewing the language and will update the blog […] Read more…
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Thank You For Speaking Out…Your Voices Have Been Heard!
By Nassim Moshiree, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Staff Attorney Responding to the community’s concerns, Councilmember Wells pulled the emergency bill at yesterday’s legislative meeting. In its stead, he has introduced a permanent version of the legislation that he said he will move quickly through the Council process. Co-sponsors of his new bill (B18-1059) […] Read more…
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ACTION ALERT: Emergency Legislation Up Tomorrow Will Put DC Residents At Risk of Death This Winter!
By Nassim Moshiree, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Staff Attorney Contact your Councilmember NOW and Ask Them to Vote “NO” on the “Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2010.” Background: Councilmember Wells plans to introduce as emergency a bill that will significantly change the District’s obligation to provide life saving emergency shelter. The vote […] Read more…
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Criminalization of Homelessness
By Ann Marie Staudenmaier, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Staff Attorney NOTE: The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, has scheduled a hearing entitled “Crimes Against America’s Homeless: Is the Violence Growing?” for Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. It’s […] Read more…
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Our Great Volunteers
By Nick Cassalbore, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Volunteer Coordinator In 2009, volunteers with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless assisted clients with over 740 legal issues. It is our pleasure to share some of their recent victories. The problem: A single mother and her four children are threatened with a termination notice […] Read more…
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Hypothermia: Believe it or Not, it’s Just Around the Corner!
By Patty Mullahy Fugere, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Executive Director As we trudge through these dog days of summer, it’s hard to imagine the mercury dropping below 80 for more than a twelve hour stretch at a time. Yet the calendar tells us that’s just around the corner…and so, too, do the preparations […] Read more…
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A Victory on the Landlord/Tenant Front – But Still a Long Way to Go
By Andy Silver, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Staff Attorney Imagine that you have lived in the same apartment for 12 years. One day you go to the rental office to ask if you can pay your rent a few days late because you get one check at the beginning of the month and […] 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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Can you help a family with no safe place to sleep tonight?
By Amber Harding, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Staff Attorney A mother walks the city in 100 degree heat with her 10 year old son and 2 year old daughter, desperately searching for help to get her family off the streets. They have spent the last five weeks repeating this pattern since losing their […] Read more…
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Housing is a Human Right
By Patty Mullahy Fugere – Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Executive Director Welcome to “…with Housing and Justice for All,” the new blog of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. As our friends already know, the Legal Clinic is deeply committed to a vision of a just and inclusive District of Columbia. We […] Read more…
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