Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Advancing justice and opportunity

Advocacy

Poverty Scorecard

The Shriver Center's 2012 Poverty Scorecard provides a fair measure of our elected representatives' commitments to achieving justice and opportunity for Americans living in poverty.

Training

Community Lawyering

Community lawyering stresses the importance of thinking beyond litigation in addressing the kinds of structural problems low-income coummunities face. Join us in New Orleans this June for Community Lawyering training. Learn more.

Clearinghouse Review

Defending Foreclosures of FHA-Insured Mortgages

FHA-insured loans are governed by a well-defined statutory and regulatory structure that is incorporated explicitly into loan contracts and enables advocates to make strong arguments on behalf of homeowners facing foreclosure.

LATEST NEWS

Join our Associate Board at a networking reception on June 27.

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CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW

Income for disabled coal miners, foreclosures of FHA-insured mortgages, the Affordable Care Act and asset building, and the rights of parents with psychiatric disabilities are some of the topics covered in the March-April 2013 issue of Clearinghouse Review.

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