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Low-income Homeowners May Face Preventable Foreclosures Unless the D.C. Council Acts

Fifty million dollars are available to save District homeowners from fore

19 Oct 2022

Sidley Associate Mariah Hines Featured for DC Pro Bono Week 2022

DC Pro Bono Week 2022

18 Oct 2022

Statement on the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Scathing DC Housing Authority Audit

The

11 Oct 2022

A New Website and a New Look for Legal Aid

I am thrilled to announce today the launch of the new

27 Sep 2022

Emergency Legislation Creating Services for Migrants Excludes Many of DC's Immigrant Residents from Homeless Services

On September 20, 2022, the DC Council approved the “Migrant Services and Supports Emergency Amend

16 Sep 2022

The District Must Do Far Better than Mayor Bowser’s Migrant Services and Supports Emergency Act of 2022

Traducción al español al final For months, the governors of Arizona and Texas have been busing migrants from the southwest border to the District to protest federal immigration policies that limit their ability to turn people away at the border. Just yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott arranged for two buses of migrants to be dropped off outside of Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in a publicity-seeking act of racism and xenophobia with callous disregard for the migrants’ human rights and dignity.