District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc

The District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) was founded in 2006 to provide relief to survivors of domestic and sexual violence,through emergency and long-term safe housing, and innovative homelessness prevention services. We have helped to transform how safe housing is operated and accessed throughout the District, and we have grown to become the city’s largest dedicated housing provider for victims of violence and their children.

Your contribution makes an enormous difference to women and children who are forced to choose between living with abuse or living without a home.

"This is the first time in a long time that I feel safe."

"I do not feel judged, I feel very supported. I think it is helpful to live where you are not judged."

With your support, we provide 80,000 safe housing bed nights to 220 women and children; prevent another 350 individuals from falling into homelessness by facilitating their placements in emergency, transitional, and permanent housing; and assist over 1,500 survivors to exercise their housing rights to avoid unlawful eviction stemming from violence in their homes through our community outreach efforts each year.