The Importance of Issues at the Intersection of Housing and Welfare Reform for Legal Services Work


 

Publication Date: May 2005

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Barbara Sard

Research Area: Justice; Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This article describes the interdependence of welfare and housing policies and practices and then discusses what advocates should do to more effectively represent clients and engage in policy work at the state. An earlier version appeared in the January-February issue of the Clearinghouse Review, published by the National Center on Poverty Law.