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.
What We Do
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.
Our current priorities include work to:
- Increase and preserve affordable housing
- Fight displacement
- Eliminate discriminatory zoning
- Support unhoused people and communities
- Prevent homelessness
- Expand access to public benefits, income support, and supportive services
How We Work
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:
Consultation & Advice: We are available by phone or e-mail on a daily basis.
Technical Assistance: We assist with legal and policy analysis.
Training: We train local program attorneys and grassroots advocates in relevant areas of law and litigation.
Co-counsel & Advocacy: We assist local programs with major advocacy efforts, including legislative and administrative advocacy and co-counseling on impact cases in state and federal courts within our areas of specialization.
Challenging the Constitutionality of California’s CARE Act
The CARE Act’s new court-ordered system of involuntary outpatient treatment, CARE Court, violates the due process rights of thousands of Californians with disabilities and disproportionately targets people of color who are over-and-misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. PILP, in partnership with Disability Rights California (DRC) and Western Center on Law & Poverty, filed an original petition for writ of mandate to the California Supreme Court.
Learn MoreSenate Bill 197 Extends Housing Element Rezoning Deadline for Certain Jurisdictions
Learn MoreJudge Denies San Luis Obispo’s Motion to Dismiss Case Brought by Unhoused Residents
Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney resoundingly rejected the City of San Luis Obispo’s motion to dismiss, allowing a case brought by unhoused residents and Hope’s Village of SLO to move forward.
Learn MoreChallenging the Constitutionality of California’s CARE Act
The CARE Act’s new court-ordered system of involuntary outpatient treatment, CARE Court, violates the due process rights of thousands of Californians with disabilities and disproportionately targets people of color who are over-and-misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. PILP, in partnership with Disability Rights California (DRC) and Western Center on Law & Poverty, filed an original petition for writ of mandate to the California Supreme Court.
Learn MoreSenate Bill 197 Extends Housing Element Rezoning Deadline for Certain Jurisdictions
Learn MoreJudge Denies San Luis Obispo’s Motion to Dismiss Case Brought by Unhoused Residents
Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney resoundingly rejected the City of San Luis Obispo’s motion to dismiss, allowing a case brought by unhoused residents and Hope’s Village of SLO to move forward.
Learn More
© 2022 Public Interest Law Project. All Rights Reserved
Privacy Policy
