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.
PILP Seeks Housing Attorney
The Public Interest Law Project seeks an experienced attorney to join our housing practice.
Learn MoreCongratulations to PILP Summer Law Clerk Sue Han on Dan Bradley Fellowship!
The Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students who want to pursue a career in public interest law and who want to spend their summer working on a rural issue or a racial justice issue.
Learn MoreBlack History Month – A Time of Reflection, Celebration, and Reaffirmation
February marks Black History Month, a history we should honor not only this month but every month, because Black history is inseparable from American history. At PILP, we reflect on our past efforts, recommit to our mission and to centering Black voices, communities, and needs in our work to advance racial and economic justice alongside low-income communities and communities of color.
Learn MorePILP Seeks Housing Attorney
The Public Interest Law Project seeks an experienced attorney to join our housing practice.
Learn MoreCongratulations to PILP Summer Law Clerk Sue Han on Dan Bradley Fellowship!
The Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students who want to pursue a career in public interest law and who want to spend their summer working on a rural issue or a racial justice issue.
Learn MoreBlack History Month – A Time of Reflection, Celebration, and Reaffirmation
February marks Black History Month, a history we should honor not only this month but every month, because Black history is inseparable from American history. At PILP, we reflect on our past efforts, recommit to our mission and to centering Black voices, communities, and needs in our work to advance racial and economic justice alongside low-income communities and communities of color.
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