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Disaster Relief
McWaters v. FEMA
Nationwide class action case brought on behalf of victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that enjoined FEMA from terminating emergency shelter assistance for hundreds of thousands of evacuees who were temporarily housed in federally subsidized hotels, motels and apartments. Learn more here
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The Public Interest Law Project (PILP) provides crucial litigation and advocacy support to local legal services and public interest law programs throughout California. Our work brings affordable housing to lower income families and homeless people, provides access to services and public benefits for lower income persons and persons with disabilities, and protects neglected and abused children and persons displaced by major disasters and government action. Learn more
News and Updates
Recent Coverage – May 12, 2012: California to stop going after children for caregivers’ debts.… Read more
Update: Recent coverage in the Marin Independent Journal critical of the County’s administration of its General Assistance Program.… Read more
In 1980, the City of Sunnyvale adopted an ordinance requiring new housing development to make 12.5% of units affordable or otherwise pay an in-lieu. A developer challenged the ordinance in 2009 claiming the requirement was unconstitutional. After the trial court … Read more
Spotlight
Mona Tawatao, Vice-Chair of PILP’s board has had two important articles published recently in the Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law and Policy of the Sargent Shrive Center National Center on Poverty Law.