Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (also known as WLCH or The Legal Clinic) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization providing pro bono legal services to those in the District affected by lack of housing and other housing issues.[4][5]

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
AbbreviationWLCH
Formation1985 (1985)
TypeNonprofit organization
52-1545522[1]
Legal status501(c)(3)[1]
PurposeTo provide pro bono legal services and advocacy to people struggling with homelessness and poverty in Washington, D.C.[2]
Location
Coordinates38.916994°N 77.028377°W / 38.916994; -77.028377
James E. Rocap, III, Esq[3]
Patty Mullahy Fugere[3]
Revenue (2019)
$2,249,963[2]
Expenses (2019)$1,919,487[2]
Employees (2019)
19[2]
Volunteers (2019)
280[2]
Websitewww.legalclinic.org
Formerly called
Ad Hoc Committee for the Homeless
Part of a series on
Living spaces
Main
House (detached) • Apartment • Housing projects • Human outpost • Tenement • Condominium • Mixed-use development (live-work) • Hotel • Hostel (travellers' hotel) • Castles • Public housing • Squat • Flophouse • Green home • Shack • Slum • Shanty town
Issues
Affordability • Executive housing • Environmental planning • Eviction • Fair housing • Healthiness • Homelessness • Housing discrimination • Housing inequality • Home ownership • Luxury apartments • Ownership equity • Rent • Subprime lending • Subsidized housing • Sustainable development • Vagrancy
Society and politics
Housing First • Housing subsidy • Rent control • Real estate economics • Redlining • Right to housing
Other
Assisted living • Cottage homes • Foster care • Group home • Halfway house • Homeless shelter • Hospital • Nursing home • Orphanage • Prison • Psychiatric hospital • Residential care • Retirement home • Residential treatment center • Retirement community • Supportive housing • Supported living

History

The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless began its efforts to fight homelessness in 1985 as an undertaking of the D.C. Bar, and was originally titled "Ad Hoc Committee for the Homeless."[6] In 1986, the organization became the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.[7] It was incorporated on May 14, 1987.[8]

Mary Ann Luby, a nun, served as outreach worker at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless for 15 years. Prior to joining the Clinic, she served as the first director of the privately run Rachael's Women's Center. She died in 2010 at the age of 70.[9]

References
  1. "Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc." Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  2. "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Internal Revenue Service. December 31, 2019.
  3. "About Us". Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  4. "Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless". Catalogue for Philanthropy - Greater Washington. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  5. "Protest Over Budget Cuts To Be Held This Morning". Washington City Paper. 5 May 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  6. "ABA Journal". American Bar Association Journal. American Bar Association: 19. February 1957. ISSN 0747-0088. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  7. "Georgetown Law Faculty and Congressmen Compete to Help Homeless". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  8. "WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS, INC. (THE) - Initial File Number: 871606". Government of the District of Columbia. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. "Mary Ann Luby, nun who advocated for the homeless, dies at 70". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
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