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ACLU Letter to House Financial Services Committee Leadership Urging Implementation of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act (PDF) (03/11/2008)
On March 11, 2008, the House Finance Committee will hold an oversight hearing for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its more than half a million members and activists and 53 affiliates nationwide, we ask the Committee to examine HUD’s implementation, or lack thereof, of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) housing provisions as part of its mandate.

ACLU Letter to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Leadership Urging Implementation of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act (03/11/2008)
On March 12, 2008, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold an oversight hearing for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its more than half a million members and activists and 53 affiliates nationwide, we ask the Committee to examine HUD’s implementation, or lack thereof, of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) housing provisions as part of its mandate.

ACLU Letter to House Financial Services Committee Leadership Urging Implementation of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act (03/11/2008)

ACLU Letter Urging Members of the House of Representatives to Vote in Favor of the Velasquez Domestic Violence Amendment (07/12/2007)

ACLU Testimony in Support of Senate Bill 755, an Act Relative to Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking (06/05/2007)
The ACLU of Massachusetts and the ACLU Women's Rights Project present testimony to a Massachusetts legislative subcommittee in support of a bill banning housing discrimination on the basis of domestic violence.

U.N. Housing Consultation Testimony (10/05/2005)
Written testimony of the ACLU before the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, North American Consultation on Women and Housing

ACLU Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, S. 1197 (07/27/2005)

ACLU Written Testimony Submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (07/23/2005)

ACLU Letter to the Department of Agriculture Expressing Concerns regarding Rural Development Regulations (USDA Proposed Rule 68 Fed. Reg. 3560) (08/01/2003)

Testimony of CCLU Legal Director Philip Tegeler Before the House Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee on Fighting Discrimination Against the Disabled and Minorities Through Fair Housing Enforcement (06/25/2002)