About us

DHA (formerly known as Derbyshire Housing Aid) is an independent charity, established in 1995 to tackle homelessness, poverty and housing difficulty.  DHA has developed over the past 16 years to address the growing needs of our local community, including specialist legal advice, training and employability services, and homelessness prevention projects.

We provide effective, free civil legal advice, education and advocacy for people that would otherwise not be able to access these services. We secure basic needs, protect and preserve legal rights, provide equal access to justice and seek fairness and dignity for our clients.

We believe that everyone has the right to legal justice regardless of their ability to pay, where they live, or the barriers they face. This is why we:

• Consult with local communities to understand needs and gaps in service provision 
• Develop new services to meet these needs
• Fundraise to provide services for people that are ineligible for legal aid
• Develop partnerships to enable an effective, ‘joined-up’ approach to tackle complex problems
• Fundraise to provide services that fall outside the legal aid remit