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| Advocacy
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 one check in the middle. You have asked for this favor several times before and it has always been granted, but this time the new property manager says she just needs to check to see if you are current in rent before she can say… Read more…
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| News
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 skills. With their guidance, my writing has become more incisive and persuasive. Orally, my confidence and clarity have grown, both speaking with, or for, clients. Perhaps most importantly, I have practiced and improved my listening: focusing on the concerns and desires of our clients, understanding… Read more…
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| Update
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 housing; told daily that there is no room for them in shelter. This mother lives in fear that she will lose custody of her children because she cannot provide a safe place for them to rest their heads. After being evicted from their home in… Read more…
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| Update
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 dedicate ourselves to building a community that respects the rights and honors the dignity of all of her members, no matter the ward of their residence nor the balance of their bank account. For nearly twenty-five years, we have used the tools of the legal… Read more…
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