Please join the Clinical, Community Economic Development, and Property Sections for this exciting and timely AALS joint session on law and activism efforts to eradicate homelessness. The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest in a series of crises that underscore scale and scope of homelessness and housing insecurity in the United States. This session highlights the work of community activists, local governments, and national legal and policy leaders to think pragmatically and productively about long-term solutions.
A Right to Housing! Law and Activism to Eradicate Homelessness, 2021 AALS Annual Meeting Joint Session, Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Panel 2:45-4 pm; Paper Presentations 4:15-5:30 pm.
Panelists:
- Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director, National Homelessness Law Center
- Marc Jolin, Director, Joint Office of Homeless Services (Multnomah County, OR)
- Stephanie Sena, Anti-Poverty Fellow, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; Founder, Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia (SREHUP)
WIP:
- Authors: Tamar Ezer, Laurie Hauber, Daniel Pasciuti, Lauren Sudeall, Eric Tars, Kimberly Vu-Dinh
- Discussants: Norrinda Hayat (Sudeall & Pasciuti), Peter Pitegoff (Vu-Dinh), Brenda Smith (Hauber), Brandon Weiss (Tars & Ezer)
Poverty Law 