Get Involved this Fair Housing Month!
By: Nick Adjami
April 1, 2026
April is Fair Housing Month! We’re excited to announce a packed slate of events, featuring Know Your Rights webinars, in-person resource fairs, trainings for housing professionals, and more. All events are free and open to the public. We’re especially excited to invite you to the ERC’s Annual Meeting, which will take place April 24th. This year’s theme is Meeting the Moment: Coming Together for Fair Housing. RSVP to attend!
Full Calendar of Events
See event descriptions below. We don’t yet have all the information for these events, so be sure to bookmark this page and we will update it as that information becomes available.
April 3 – DC Fair Housing Friday: Foundations of Fair Housing
April 8 – Maryland Source of Income Protections Webinar
April 8 – Arlington County Fair Housing Trends Webinar
April 10 – DC Fair Housing Friday: Tenancy Screening Protections
April 11 – Anne Arundel County Homeownership Resource Fair
April 15 – Loudoun County Lunch & Learn
April 16 – NVAR and Fairfax County Lunch & Learn
April 17 – DC Fair Housing Friday: Housing Access & Accessibility
April 22 – West Virginia Human Rights Commission Virtual Lunch & Learn
April 24 – Equal Rights Center Annual Meeting
April 24 – DC Fair Housing Friday: Housing Rights for Older Adults
April 25 – Arlington Housing Fair
April 25 – Maryland Fair Housing Community Day
DC Fair Housing Fridays
Time: Each Friday in April, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Place: Online, register here.
Details: ERC has partnered with three DC government agencies — the DC Office of Human Rights, Department of Housing and Community Development, and Department of Aging and Community Living — to offer four virtual sessions on fair housing hot topics. Local residents and housing professionals alike should attend to learn about their fair housing rights and obligations. Week one will provide an intro to fair housing with information about the DC Human Rights Act and how to file a discrimination complaint. Week two will focus on tenant screening rights and best practices, and week three will address accessibility and reasonable accommodation requests. Finally, week four will focus on housing options for older adults and resources for aging in place.
Webinar: Source of Income Protections in Maryland
Time: Wednesday, April 8th, 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Place: Online, register here.
Details: The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) and ERC will provide an overview of Maryland’s source of income protections in housing, best practices for screening applicants with housing vouchers, and common signs of potential discrimination. After the presentation, there will be a Q&A portion for attendees. Marylanders with housing vouchers, housing professionals, and housing counseling agencies and other service providers are all encouraged to join.
Webinar: Fair Housing Trends, Rights, and Responsibilities in Arlington, VA
Time: Wednesday, April 8th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Place: Online, register here.
Details: Are you a landlord or housing professional working in Arlington, VA? Join the ERC and Arlington County Office of Human Rights for a virtual training on fair housing obligations and best practices. This webinar will address a range of topics including discrimination based on national origin and familial status.
Anne Arundel County Homeownership Resource Fair
Time: Saturday, April 11th, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Place: Severn Center, 1160 Reece Rd, Severn, MD 21144.
Details: Meet with real estate agents, lenders, housing counselors, and more to learn everything you need to know about buying a home in Anne Arundel County, MD. Visit the ERC’s booth for information about your fair housing rights and how to identify and report discrimination in the homebuying process.
Loudoun County Lunch & Learn
Time: Wednesday, April 15th, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Place: Department of Economic Development (Innovator’s Room), 43777 Central Station Drive, Suite 300, Ashburn, VA 20147
Details: Learn about fair housing and its impact in Loudoun County, Virginia, over the years. Speakers from the Virginia Fair Housing Board and the Loudoun County Department of Housing and Community Development will share updates about recently settled fair housing cases and their implications for our community. Register to attend.
NVAR and Fairfax County Lunch & Learn: Reasonable Accommodations
Time: Thursday, April 16th, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
Place: NVAR Event Center, 8407 Pennell Street, Fairfax, VA 22035
Details: Hosted by the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) and Fairfax County Office of Human Rights & Equity Programs, this event will focus on reasonable accommodation and modification requests in housing. ERC staff will participate on a panel discussing how housing providers should navigate these requests to ensure equal access for people with disabilities. Register to attend.
West Virginia Human Rights Commission Virtual Lunch & Learn: Reasonable Accommodations
Time: Wednesday, April 22nd, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Place: Online, register here.
Details: This webinar, presented by ERC and the West Virginia Human Rights Commission, will explain reasonable accommodations and modifications for people with disabilities. We’ll explore the request process and highlight common mistakes to help tenants and housing providers better understand their rights and responsibilities.
Equal Rights Center Annual Members Meeting
Time: Friday, April 24th 12:00 – 2:00 PM
Place: True Reformer Building, 1200 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
Details: The theme for our annual meeting is Meeting the Moment: Coming Together for Fair Housing. We’re convening community members, housing professionals, local government partners, and more from across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, because the future of fair housing depends on all of us. Come to engage with others committed to housing justice and learn how you can contribute to the movement. Please RSVP to attend.
Arlington Housing Fair
Time: Saturday, April 25th 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Place: Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 S. 16th St, Arlington, VA 22204
Details: Looking to rent or buy a home in Arlington County, VA? The Arlington Housing Fair has all the information you need. Connect with mortgage lenders, real estate agents, rental specialists, housing counselors, and more. Visit ERC’s booth for resources about your fair housing rights as a renter or homebuyer and how to report possible discrimination. ERC staff will also present a keynote at 10:30 AM and a Know Your Fair Housing Rights Training at 11:00 AM that will cover protected identities and signs of potential discrimination.
Fair Housing Community Day
Time: Saturday, April 25th, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Place: Garrett Park, 3560 3rd St, Baltimore, MD 21225
Details: The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) is hosting a resource fair to educate the community on Maryland’s Fair Housing Laws. Stop by to learn about your housing rights, access resources, and connect with organizations like ERC that can help you if you’ve experienced discrimination.
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The ERC is a civil rights organization that identifies and seeks to eliminate unlawful and unfair discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations in its home community of Greater Washington DC and nationwide. The ERC’s core strategy for identifying unlawful and unfair discrimination is civil rights testing. When the ERC identifies discrimination, it seeks to eliminate it through the use of testing data to educate the public and business community, support policy advocacy, conduct compliance testing and training, and, if necessary, take enforcement action. For more information, please visit www.equalrightscenter.org.
