Cara Vasquez, an associate with DLA Piper, wrote a blog post about her experience working with the Law Center and its Project LEARN. She noted that advocating for homeless children's right to a stable education "opened her eyes" to the variety of situations in which families can find themselves homeless, and she described the Law Center as a "tremendous resource."

March 2013:

The 2013 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization reflects many of the Law Center's recommendations for housing protections for survivors, Maria Foscarinis wrote in the Huffington Post.

In partnership with LEAP firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, the Law Center brought justice to two religious organizations in Dallas, TX who were sharing food with homeless people in public, outdoor spaces. The federal court's ruling that the food ordinance restricting the ministries' behavior violated their right to exercise religion was featured in the Dallas Morning News.

The Law Center's 2012 pro bono successes were resourced by loansafe.org. Loansafe reported our record-breaking statistics, including working with 21 legal firms on 52 legal matters, accumulating 13,081 hours of professional services valuing $6,131,318.

February 2013:

December 2012:

The Huffington Post interviewed the primary author of the Law Center's new report showing that, for many low-income renters, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act is all that stands between housing and homelessness.

NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams quoted a Law Center statistic in a story on the Washington, DC street newspaper Street Sense.

November 2012:

The LA Times cited NLCHP in an article on plans in Colorado Springs to enact bans on panhandling.

The Washington Post interviewed Maria Foscarinis for a story on executives sleeping outside to raise awareness for homeless youth.

The Santa Monica Daily Press explored how homeless people overcame obstacles to vote on Election Day, quoting Civil Rights Attorney Heather Johnson on the impact of voter ID laws.

October 2012:

Berkeleyside cited the Law Center's publication, Criminalizing Crisis, in an article on a local measure that would prohibit the homeless from sitting on sidewalks at certain times.

The New York Times cited Criminalizing Crisis and quoted Executive Director Maria Foscarinis on the recent trend of strictures passed against the homeless nationwide.

Huffington Post Live interviewed Maria Foscarinis on homeless persons' access to the ballot box.

Maria Foscarinis wrote a briefing on U.S. photo ID laws for UK-based Inside Housing.

The New York Times also interviewed Civil Rights Attorney Heather Maria Johnson and included data from Criminalizing Crisis in an article on the recent increase of bans on panhandling.

September 2012:

In a story on the rising number of children relying on homeless services, The Washington Times quoted Policy Director Jeremy Rosen on the relative worth and limitations of homelessness data.

Washington Lawyer magazine reported on the Law Center's event in July commemorating the 25th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance act.

Utah's Deseret News wrote about the Law Centers upcoming award to multi-Emmy® award-winning Food Network celebrity Sandra Lee for her work on poverty and homelessness.