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The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless envisions a District of Columbia where housing is a human right, racial justice is a reality, and all people have true and meaningful access to the resources needed to thrive.

Since its founding in 1986, the Legal Clinic has become a principal force in protecting the rights of homeless and other low-income people in D.C. through a unique combination of direct representation, class action litigation, policy and budget advocacy, and community outreach and engagement. The Legal Clinic’s goal is to achieve justice for our neighbors experiencing the injustice of homelessness and poverty.

Over the years, the Legal Clinic has opened thousands of individual client matters, including cases involving wrongful evictions and shelter terminations, applications for public assistance and standardized housing, credit and other consumer matters, discrimination and mental health, and more. In addition to representing clients directly, expert Legal Clinic staff mentor a network of pro bono attorneys and paralegals, who enable the organization to serve a far greater number of people.

The Legal Clinic works to develop and advance strategies to lift up the voices of its client community so they have meaningful input in the decisions that profoundly affect their lives. It has trained countless community members experiencing homelessness about their rights under federal and local laws, as well as how to be an advocate, and trains police recruits on the rights of people who are homeless and the resources available to assist them.

You can learn more about the Legal Clinic’s important work fighting injustices that anchor our homeless neighbors in poverty by visiting the organization’s website, and hearing directly from some of its former clients about the struggle against homelessness in the video below.