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.
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.
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...
- 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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category:
Legal
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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category:
Housing
Service Eligibility:
Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
DASH Housing Toolkit
If you are a survivor of domestic violence facing homelessness as a result of the violence, this toolkit [PDF] is designed to heighten your awareness of housing protections afforded to you. This toolk...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Eligibility:
Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Survivors
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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category:
Housing
Service Eligibility:
Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Category:
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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
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.
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
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...
- 400 I St SW Washington DC 20024
Service Eligibility:
Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence