DASH (District Alliance for Safe Housing)

DASH is an innovator in providing access to safe housing and services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their families as they rebuild their lives on their own terms.

We seek to strengthen and expand the local safety net for survivors by providing high quality, voluntary services that are responsive to their individual needs and by engaging lawmakers, community members, service providers, and survivors in the movement to make safe housing more accessible in the short-term and less necessary in the long-term.
https://www.dashdc.org/
(202) 462 - 3274   

Empowerment Project/Transitional to Permanent Housing

Our scattered site transitional-to-permanent housing project, called the Empowerment Project, is an innovative approach to providing housing for survivors whose credit and rental histories were damage...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Housing
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors

Energy Assitance

The Department of the Environment helps eligible District residents pay heating and cooling bills. If you’re eligible, you can receive between a one-time $250 and $1,500 credit for your household. The...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Money
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Cornerstone Building/Emergency and Transitional Safe Housing

When it opened in November 2010, the Cornerstone Residence became the District’s largest dedicated safe housing program. Here, DASH provides 42 apartment units for survivors of domestic violence and t...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Housing
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Survivor Resilience Fund

Through our Survivor Resilience Fund, DASH provides emergency financial assistance to help survivors address needs which might threaten their permanent housing, help them achieve safety, and gain the...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Housing Money
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Find Safe Housing

A web resource to help you navigate the numerous routes to safe housing here in DC. This site offers specific guidance to folks who are deaf or have a disability, seniors, LGBTQI, undocumented, living...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Legal Housing
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Change Your Lease

The 2005 Violence Against Women Act gives survivors of domestic violence the right to bifurcate their lease, removing their abuser. By calling us or visiting our walk in clinic, we can help you make t...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Legal
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Change Your Locks

If you have a protection order you are legally entitled to change your locks even if your abuser is on the lease. Use our sample letter (on our website) to request a lock change from your landlord. If...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Legal
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Know Your Rights

An online resource to help educate you on your rights as a survivor of intimate partner violence.
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Legal Housing
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Emergency Rental Assistance

Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) helps low-income District residents facing housing emergencies. The program provides funding for overdue rent if a qualified household is facing eviction (in...
(202) 462-3274
  • 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category: Housing Money
Service Eligibility: Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
(202) 462-3274
Keep Safe Housing

As a survivor of domestic violence, you have the option to stay in your current apartment or house. Keep Safe Housing is a grouping of legal and financial resources to help you navigate the process.

Associated Services:
Housing Resource Center

Our walk-in Domestic Violence Resource Clinic takes place every Wednesday from 1:00pm-3:30pm at the Westminster Presbyterian Church on 400 I St SW, DC (near Waterfront metro). With the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project and My Sisters Place, we provide victims access to housing assistance, legal assistance, and counseling.

The Housing Resource Center (HRC) is the hub of DASH’s efforts to prevent homelessness among domestic violence survivors. We assist survivors in completing housing applications, obtaining safety transfers, navigating the public housing system, and making connections to community services. Survivors can conduct housing searches in our computer lab and work one-on-one with Housing Specialists.

Our Housing Resource Center Online is a web-based information clearinghouse with comprehensive information on housing programs for women, including details on admission processes, eligibility requirements, and accessibility for people with disabilities.

Associated Services: