Programs

Housing

Safe, affordable housing is one of the backbones of a healthy community - yet out of reach for many Californians. PILP’s housing work is designed to support Californians in need of affordable housing.

Homelessness

California is home to more than half of all unhoused people, who are disproportionately people of color with many in unsafe conditions without access to basic necessities including food, shelter, and health care. PILP protects and advances the civil rights of unhoused people across the state.

Public Benefits

Those eligible for public benefits in California include chronically homeless people with disabilities, female-headed households, and lower income families with children that disproportionately identify as female and Black or Latina. PILP breaks down systemic barriers to the equitable disbursement of public benefits.

PILP works to advance racial and economic justice for and with low income communities and communities of color by spearheading major public interest impact litigation and systemic advocacy in affordable housing, homelessness prevention, civil rights, and public benefits.

As a statewide legal support center, PILP provides technical assistance, training, research, litigation, and advocacy support to public interest law programs and community based organizations on law and policy issues related to housing, public benefits, anti-displacement, community preservation, and civil rights to advance economic and racial justice across the state.

Our staff can assist your program in the following ways: