We Started Open Door Legal to
Dramatically Reduce
Poverty
Imagine a general hospital for legal help
Like a general hospital, we are a single point of entry where everyone who needs can get help. We have a wide network of staff and volunteers who help us ensure that nobody is turned away.
Imagine a general hospital for legal help
Like a general hospital, we are a single point of entry where everyone who needs can get help. We have a wide network of community and pro bono partners who help us ensure that nobody is turned away.
1
in
5
1 in 5
Within the first 10 years of operations, around one in five residents of Bayview came to us for legal help. We’ve represented 5-10 families on every block in the neighborhoods around our first office.
Deterrence is what makes our work so cost-effective. Here’s how:
Let’s say there was a landlord who was neglecting his entire apartment complex, because his tenants were low-income and he knew he could get away with it.
Just having one tenant with legal help will improve the conditions of all of the units the landlord manages. This is because legal action leads to long term behavior change that improves outcomes for the entire community.
We caused homelessness to drop
in half.
Homelessness dropped in half.
According to the first treatment-control study of homelessness in San Francisco, we caused unsheltered homelessness to drop by around half in and around Bayview.
Our Outcomes
Total People Served
Total Direct Assets Obtained
Est. Value of Non-Cash Outcomes*
*Non-cash outcomes include the estimated value of keeping your home, becoming safe from violence, obtaining immigration status, and more.
last update May 3, 2024
Let’s Ensure The Law Belongs to All of Us
