Legal Opinion
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. MELVERN REID
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 2014No. 14-CV-292PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
For almost as long as it has had a statutory obligation to provide shelter to the homeless, the District has been prohibited from placing homeless families in congregate shelters. This prohibition, dating back to 1988, is premised on an understanding that families have special needs that are best served by affording them apartment-style shelter — i.e., housing units with cooking facilities, bathroom facilities, and sleeping quarters — although with the recent amendment of the Homeless Services Reform Act (HSRA), 1 the District is now permitted to place families in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- In Re MeltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Lena v. Morvant, Etc. v. Construction Aggregates CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- District of Columbia v. Sierra ClubDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Johnnie Coleman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
- In re: K.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
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