Fair Housing

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, [...]

If your housing complex doesn't have enough accessible parking spaces, you can submit a reasonable accommodation request for an additional space.

Despite source of income protections, voucher holders still face illegal outright denials as well as more covert forms of deterrence from housing.

Domestic Violence is a Fair Housing Issue: How Criminal Records Screening Policies Can Harm Survivors of Domestic Violence By Aastha Uprety, ERC Program Assistant, and Kate Scott, Deputy Director [...]

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 [...]

In the District, Source of Income Discrimination is Race Discrimination Too By Aastha Uprety, ERC Program Assistant, and Kate Scott, Deputy Director October 12, 2018 Over 11 thousand households [...]

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 [...]

  Dear Susie, I am applying to live in a building with a no pets policy. On my doctor’s advice, I adopted a cat for emotional support when I was diagnosed with HIV. I can’t imagine living [...]

  Dear Susie, I’ve been looking for a one-bedroom apartment in Washington, DC, for my 3-year old daughter and myself. As I’ve been searching for one-bedrooms on Craigslist, I keep coming [...]