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By Kate Scott, Deputy Director Join the ERC and Partners in Celebrating Fair Housing Month at These Events Around the Greater Washington DC Region This week marked the anniversary of Dr. King’s [...]

By Kate Scott, Deputy Director The Equal Rights Center is excited to release its newest publication, Criminal Records Screening and Fair Housing: A Toolkit for Consumers . The toolkit is designed [...]

By Kate Scott, Deputy Director The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (“WLC”) and Equal Rights Center (“ERC”) strongly oppose President Trump’s proposed budget cuts [...]

By Kate Scott, Director of Fair Housing Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a final rule on implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of [...]

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 [...]

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016, the Equal Rights Center released, “Unlocking Discrimination: A DC Area Testing Investigation About Racial Discrimination and Criminal Records Screening Policies in [...]

By Susie McClannahan, Fair Housing Intake and Grant Coordinator I am excited to be the Equal Right Center’s new Fair Housing Intake and Grant Coordinator. Having moved to Washington, DC, from [...]

  By Kate Scott, Fair Housing Director On August 8, 2016, the ERC submitted the following comments to DC’s Department of Housing and Community Development, the agency tasked with submitting [...]

By Maggie Zinkel, Fair Housing Intake and Grant Coordinator In D.C. there are seemingly endless options for things to do with your dog(s), from walks on the Mall to pet-friendly restaurants and [...]

By Kristen C. Barry, Public Accommodations Manager Restroom accessibility for transgender individuals has recently been at the center of a heated public debate. As a public accommodations [...]