Unsafe, Unaffordable, and Unjust: Why D.C. Must Defend Tenants' Right to a Safe Home
Imagine living in an apartment with floor-to-ceiling mold, mice scurrying about while you try to sleep, and a horde of cockroaches darting back and forth each time you turn on the lights. Despite your repeated complaints to the landlord and the landlord’s legal obligations to make the repairs, the deplorable conditions remain. For four Washington, D.C. residents represented by Rising for Justice (RFJ),1 this is their daily reality.
Subscribe to GJPLP1. Rising for Justice (Housing Advocacy and Litigation Clinic) is a semester-long clinical program offered by a consortium of five law schools in the District of Columbia. Students provide legal representation to low-income clients in civil matters at the D.C. Superior Court and in front of local administrative agencies.