DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. REID

No. 14-CV-292.

104 A.3d 859 (2014)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Melvern REID, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren L. AliKhan , Deputy Solicitor General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Stacy L. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellant.

Allison M. Holt , with whom Jonathan L. Abram and Jennifer D. Brechbill , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellees.

Amber W. Harding filed a brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Bread for the City, Children's Law Center, D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Fair Budget Coalition, Good Faith Communities, Homeless Children's Playtime Project, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, Miriam's Kitchen, National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, National Center on Housing and Child Welfare, National Coalition for the Homeless, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, and Professors Robert D. Dinerstein, Deborah Epstein, Matthew Fraidin, Jeffrey Gutman, Ann Shalleck, and Jessica Steinberg.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and EPSTEIN, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


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...

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