Ace Homeless Attorney
The more I look at it, the more it feels like my job will entail being almost a lawyer for homeless clients. The fact that we call them clients and cases by default already gives me the mental image, but the "Central App" looks even moreso.
If they give in and give me homeless clients to work with, I'll be responsible for working with clients to find housing outside the shelter. The Centralized Application, or "Central App," determines where their priority lies on the list of 20,000 homeless people looking for subsidized housing at any given time. Rather than doing a first come, first serve basis, they opt for priority-based. For example, a homeless veteran who is disabled and left the house to escape domestic violence will get higher priority than a drug-addicted high school dropout.
"However," my coworker Amy explained, "You'll have to work with the BHA and be prepared to present evidence of your client's rightful spot." I snickered when she said "present evidence," picturing my Phoenix Wright impression of "Take that!" accompanying the police reports and medical reports I would eventually use to defend my client's spot in line.
Now, on top of that, I discovered there's a textbook on my boss' shelf called "Public Housing Legal Tactics." Today, while waiting for more instructions from Dauhly, I swiped the copy and started reading it. It's very dense.
I'm telling you guys, it's getting harder and harder to resist the urge to shout out "OBJECTION!" at any given moment during my office work.
-Didroy
If they give in and give me homeless clients to work with, I'll be responsible for working with clients to find housing outside the shelter. The Centralized Application, or "Central App," determines where their priority lies on the list of 20,000 homeless people looking for subsidized housing at any given time. Rather than doing a first come, first serve basis, they opt for priority-based. For example, a homeless veteran who is disabled and left the house to escape domestic violence will get higher priority than a drug-addicted high school dropout.
"However," my coworker Amy explained, "You'll have to work with the BHA and be prepared to present evidence of your client's rightful spot." I snickered when she said "present evidence," picturing my Phoenix Wright impression of "Take that!" accompanying the police reports and medical reports I would eventually use to defend my client's spot in line.
Now, on top of that, I discovered there's a textbook on my boss' shelf called "Public Housing Legal Tactics." Today, while waiting for more instructions from Dauhly, I swiped the copy and started reading it. It's very dense.
I'm telling you guys, it's getting harder and harder to resist the urge to shout out "OBJECTION!" at any given moment during my office work.
-Didroy