Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless A Voice for Housing & Justice Volunteer attorneys conduct intake interviews and take responsibility for representation in cases requiring follow up.

The core of WLCH's work, through our Legal Assistance Project, is the representation of individual low- and no-income clients through a network of over 200 volunteer attorneys and legal assistants. Volunteers obtain clients on a referral basis or, most often, at one of seven intake sites run by WLCH at meal programs, health clinics, and day programs throughout the District. WLCH’s staff attorneys

provide advice and guidance on all volunteer cases. Volunteer attorneys participating in the Legal Assistance Project represent people on issues arising primarily in the following areas (no prior expertise is required): public benefits (e.g., Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, medical assistance, food stamps and TANF); shelter and housing (e.g., shelter placement, conditions and expulsions, public housing, Housing Choice Voucher Program eligibility and terminations, and housing condition disputes); street rights; and consumer debt/credit. WLCH also works on such wide-ranging issues as the criminalization of homelessness, budget advocacy, and the social service safety net. WLCH staff and volunteer attorneys also provide significant advice and representation in connection with the following major initiatives, which have a systemic impact on programs and opportunities throughout the District:

2025 brought us both challenges and triumphs — swipe through to see five key moments from the year.
12/21/2025

2025 brought us both challenges and triumphs — swipe through to see five key moments from the year.

2025 gave us both challenges and triumphs - swipe through to read how we stepped up with 5 key moments from the year.
12/19/2025

2025 gave us both challenges and triumphs - swipe through to read how we stepped up with 5 key moments from the year.

Having a home after being homeless is a real and tangible shift. We look forward to continuing the fight for housing jus...
12/16/2025

Having a home after being homeless is a real and tangible shift. We look forward to continuing the fight for housing justice in 2025. Read the rest of our end of year blog via the link in bio!

Happy ❤️ It’s a beautiful day to move toward housing justice using the power of your wallet. From now until December 3...
12/02/2025

Happy ❤️ It’s a beautiful day to move toward housing justice using the power of your wallet. From now until December 31, your gift will be matched to DOUBLE your impact. Swipe through to see what we’ve been up to this year, and how you can help.

Yesterday the court held that the National Guard could not be deployed in DC. While the order has been put on hold while...
11/21/2025

Yesterday the court held that the National Guard could not be deployed in DC. While the order has been put on hold while the government appeals, we celebrate this victory today. Our legal services community will continue to support the Attorney General’s fight for Home Rule on appeal.

11/20/2025
10/28/2025

We are so grateful for the support of Dean Treanor over the years at Home Court! Of course, just because he isn't dean anymore doesn't mean he can't be on the Georgetown team!

We celebrated our amazing volunteers at a wonderful reception hosted by Crowell & Moring. You can read more about the aw...
10/27/2025

We celebrated our amazing volunteers at a wonderful reception hosted by Crowell & Moring. You can read more about the awardees and some of the appreciation we shared at the link in our bio.

Congratulations and much appreciation to all of our volunteers!

Join our work to protect the rights of unhoused DC residents! You do not need to be a lawyer to volunteer as a Legal Mon...
09/17/2025

Join our work to protect the rights of unhoused DC residents! You do not need to be a lawyer to volunteer as a Legal Monitor!

We are proud to sign onto an amicus brief led by Washington Lawyers Committee and ACLU-DC supporting the DC Attorney Gen...
09/17/2025

We are proud to sign onto an amicus brief led by Washington Lawyers Committee and ACLU-DC supporting the DC Attorney General's lawsuit to stop the federal deployment of National Guard in DC. DC's 200-year fight for Home Rule is inextricably linked to the fight for racial justice.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS Linda Paris, [email protected], 202-308-5186 (mobile) Civil rights and legal services community unite to stop policing by National Guard in DC WASHINGTON — A coalition of DC-based civil rights and legal service organizations yesterday filed an amicus brie...

Friends outside of DC, we need your help. We have no vote in Congress, yet some people in Congress want to write our law...
09/09/2025

Friends outside of DC, we need your help. We have no vote in Congress, yet some people in Congress want to write our laws AND they want DC to lock people up for being homeless. Tell Congress NO.

This Wednesday, amidst Trump’s military takeover of DC, Congress will discuss HB 5163, a bill that would put people in jail for 30 days or fine them $500 for sleeping outside in DC. Instead of making rent cheaper and helping people make ends...

If you are a lawyer with civil rights, polcie misconduct, or criminal justice experience and you believe that homeless p...
08/20/2025

If you are a lawyer with civil rights, polcie misconduct, or criminal justice experience and you believe that homeless people deserve to live their lives without being harassed by police or having their homes and belongings destroyed, please consider applying for this position. We are building a strong rapid response system to counter the abuse of power by the Trump Administration.

The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless – a D.C.-based, locally-focused legal services and advocacy organization – seeks to hire an attorney who shares our vision for a District of Columbia in which housing is a human right, racial justice is a reality, and all people have true and meaningf...

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