National Homelessness Law Center

Abbreviation| NLCHP
Founder| Maria Foscarinis
Founded at| Washington, D.C.
Type| 501(c)3 non-profit organization
Headquarters| 2000 M St NW Suite 210, Washington, DC 20036
Website| homelesslaw.org

Formerly called

| National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. (May 2020)

|

The 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]

## History[edit]

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]

## See also[edit]

* Homelessness in the United States
* McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Official Site".
2. ^ "History & Mission".
3. ^ a b "Staff".
4. ^ Law, Homeless. "About". National Homelessness Law Center. Retrieved 2021-12-08.

## External links[edit]

* Official website