The Washington Legal Clinic For The Homeless Inc

Community engagment -the legal clinic is committed to ensuring that unhoused community members are aware of their rights, have the training and support needed to participate in the public discourse that impacts their lives, and the ability and space to develop their own advocacy goals.

Policy & advocacy -for policy and advocacy in 2024, the legal clinic worked to improve and increase funding for programs that clients rely on for shelter and housing. Through litigation; legislative, policy, budget and administrative advocacy; agency reform; and community education, the legal clinic attempted to improve programs and expand opportunities for clients and other low-income community members on issues such as the rights of people in encampments, access to emergency shelter, subsidized and affordable housing, miminizing barriers to housing access, and increasing the investment in permanent affordable housing and eviction prevention funding.