FHA@50 Symposium Highlights the Continued Need for Housing Equity Efforts in D.C. and Nationally Prior to Symposium, Co-sponsoring Organizations Filed Fair Housing Complaint For media inquiries, [...]
FHA@50 Symposium Program The ERC is excited to share with you the program for FHA@50: Renewing Our Commitment to Housing Equity. The Symposium will be held on Friday, April 20, 2018, at the [...]
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act: A Reflection By Melvina Ford, Executive Director The Fair Housing Act is turning 50! While this would seem to be a time for [...]
By Melvina C. Ford, Executive Director Ninety years after the first celebration of Black History Month in 1926, the historic, unfair and unlawful relationship between race and criminality remains [...]
The Equal Rights Center (ERC) has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP). “The ERC is honored to be a [...]
On a clear September morning twelve years ago, our lives were forever changed. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, some even began to look at other Americans as “the enemy,” based on their religion, [...]
By Grant Beck, ERC Communications Associate It’s a cloudless, sweltering day in August. Washington, D.C., is buzzing. The concrete of the Lincoln Memorial glows in the blistering sunshine. The [...]
