Civil Rights

The reality for LGBT individuals in much of the country is not only the pervasiveness of employment discrimination, but also the fact that there is very little that individuals can do in response [...]

Robust fair housing laws are among the various tools available to people with disabilities to ensure their access to independent living in the neighborhoods of their choosing.

The From Click to Visit report used civil rights testing to uncover numerous barriers to housing for people with disabilities. In particular, the report’s findings raise major concerns about [...]

Using matched pair testing, the ERC compared the experiences of straight job applicants with gay/queer job applicants during the hiring process. The report reveals test results that point to the [...]

ESAs provide important benefits to people with disabilities, and nontraditional animals can provide the same comforting function to one person as a dog or cat might provide to someone else.

While most people are aware of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a Civil Rights Movement leader, fewer are familiar with the role he played in the fair housing movement.

       EQUAL RIGHTS CENTER SECURES PROTECTIONS FOR TEMPORARY SUBSIDY HOLDERS AS IT RESOLVES SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST DC HOUSING PROVIDER Washington, D.C.—December 20th, [...]

Ensuring Dignity for All this Holiday Season: Expanding ADA Applicability in Public Accommodations By Aastha Uprety, Kate Scott, and Katherine Pearson November 21, 2018 Holiday shopping is an [...]

JUDGE RULES TEMPORARY SUBSIDIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT’S PROHIBITION AGAINST SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION “There is no rational distinction for source-of-income purposes between short [...]

ERC RESOLVES RACE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST NATION’S LARGEST PRIVATE LANDLORD Consent order requires individualized review of housing applicants with certain criminal convictions For media [...]