Fair Housing

By Susie McClannahan, Fair Housing Intake and Grant Coordinator After the ERC released its newest report, Unlocking Discrimination,last week, we held an online convening on Wednesday, October 19 [...]

By Stephanie Gonzalez Palumbo Hispanic Heritage Month is a special time for reflection on the struggles, strides and successes the Hispanic community has faced over the years, as they weave a [...]

In an op-ed written for The Hill earlier this month, Judith Heumann, Special Advisor on International Disability Rights for the U.S. State Department, explained the global impact of the Americans [...]

By Melvina Ford I have apparently reached that age when you start to have friends with children in college or on their way there. Perhaps that’s why Iappa’ve started paying more attention to who [...]

On Tuesday, the Equal Rights Center (ERC) co-hosted the 13th Annual D.C. Fair Housing Symposium in conjunction with the D.C. Office of Human Rights, the D.C. Department of Housing and Community [...]

By Melvina Ford, Executive Director of the Equal Rights Center It is a simple fact that zip codes matter. When my now four-year-old son was about to be born, I drove a bit of distance to deliver [...]

The ERC is proud to announce the publication of our newest self-advocacy toolkit, which adds to the ever-growing list of ERC resources available to those who face discrimination in housing. The [...]

By Victoria Lanteigne, Corporate Partnerships and Training Manager In 2008, the Equal Rights Center (ERC) started a pilot program with the goal of increasing the number of residential housing [...]

By Snehee Khandeshi, ERC Fair Housing Program Coordinator Earlier this week, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) events took place across the globe to memorialize the victims of hate crimes [...]

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 [...]