Fair Housing and Renters During a Pandemic
The economic impact of COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on renters, and renters will be the ones who will likely feel the greatest impact from a rise in discriminatory practices.
Equal Rights Center Appoints New Executive Director
Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC) – a national non-profit civil rights organization – announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Kate Scott as the organization’s new Executive Director.
The Community Reinvestment Act: Past, Present, and an Uncertain Future
The Community Reinvestment Act mandated that, wherever banks operate, they must meet the credit needs of the “entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.” Now, the Office [...]
ERC Update: We Want to Hear from You
Our intake hotline is open. Have you experienced discrimination related to Covid-19? Do you have ideas for civil rights testing projects? We want to hear from you.
How Fair Housing Helps People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Live Independently
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits discrimination in housing against people with disabilities. However, discrimination persists, and may prevent people with I/DD to secure housing in the community.
HUD Takes it Back to Basics in New Guidance on Assistance Animals in Hopes of Reducing the Number of Related Complaints
On January 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a notice on “Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair [...]
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Proposed Rule Fails to Address Discrimination and Segregation
The proposed rule reverses many of the positive aspects of the 2015 rule and, instead of working to affirmatively further fair housing, would likely allow the further entrenchment of patterns of [...]
As Candidates Push to Get Out the Vote, Inaccessibility Remains a Barrier
Despite protections in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), polling locations across the country remain inaccessible for people with disabilities.
“She’s definitely African”: One Person’s Experience with Housing Discrimination
This landlord likely spent only a few seconds sending that text message, telling me I couldn’t apply at his property because he thought I was African. Yet those few seconds have dramatically [...]
ERC Testifies at Public Hearing in Support of DC Bill Strengthening Enforcement of DC Human Rights Act
The Equal Rights Center supports the passage of B23-73, The Attorney General Civil Rights Enforcement Clarification Amendment Act of 2019, as it is an important step to eliminating discrimination [...]
