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National Homelessness Law Center Abbreviation NLCHP Formation 1989 Founders Maria Foscarinis Type 501(c)3 non-profit organization Purpose Ending homelessness in the United States through advocacy, public education, and impact litigation Headquarters 2000 M St NW Suite 210, Washington, DC 20036 LocationRegion
United States Website homelesslaw.orgFormerly called
National Law Center on Homelessness and PovertyThe National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC), formerly known as the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), is an American nonprofit organization that uses the power of the law to end and prevent homelessness, through training, advocacy, impact litigation, and public education. NHLC was founded in 1989 by Maria Foscarinis and is based in Washington, D.C.[1]
In the mid-1980s, NLCHP's founder, Maria Foscarinis, was a lawyer working at Sullivan & Cromwell when she volunteered to represent homeless families on a pro bono basis. After seeing the impact of first-rate legal advocacy on the lives of homeless people, Maria left the firm with a new goal; to end homelessness in America.[2] In 1985, she established and directed the Washington, DC office of the National Coalition for the Homeless. She directed campaigns to enact federal legislation to aid the homeless and went on to become an architect of the 1987 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the first major federal legislation to address homelessness.[3]
In 1989, she established the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (the Law Center).[3] The organization changed its name to NHLC in 2020.[4]
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