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You Can Help Advance Fair Housing in the Region!

By Nick Adjami
January 26, 2022

Local jurisdictions in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC are joining forces to address fair housing issues in the region. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and eight local government partners have launched a survey to collect feedback from residents about their experiences with fair housing and finding a place to live. Data from the survey will go toward a Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, which will help the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ensure that everyone in and around DC has a chance to live in a safe and affordable home! 

The survey is anonymous and takes just three minutes to complete. Do you part to advance fair housing in the region and take the survey now! It is also available in Spanish here.

Flyer text reads: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Dear Residents: We want to hear from you about housing choices in our community! Local jurisdictions in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia are joining forces to address fair housing issues in our region. To learn more about your experiences, we urge all residents to take the survey. The survey will be open until January 31, and survey responses will help housing, human rights and public housing staff in the DMV plan investments for the next five years to improve housing choice and reverse segregation in our region and our communities. T he survey takes about three minutes to complete and asks straight-forward questions about your experience finding and affording a place to live in the District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia. It also asks a few standard, non-identifying demographic questions to help us understand our response pool. Please share this survey with friends and family. FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF: II I II II CITY OF ALEXANDRIA• ARLINGTON COUNTY • DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA• FAIRFAX COUNTY CITY OF GAITHERSBURG • LOUDOUN COUNTY• MONTGOMERY COUNTY• PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY For more information visit https://www.mwcog.org/fairhousing. Please be sure to follow us @mwcog and use the hashtags #fairhousingdmv and #housingequitydmv 2021-2022 Regional Fair Housing Survey: State and Federal law protects your right to housing and makes it an unlawful housing practice for any person to discriminate in connection with housing because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status (being pregnant or having children under 18), or physical or mental disability. Eight local governments are partnering with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) to prepare a Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (Regional Housing Equity Plan). The jurisdictions are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to affirmatively further fair housing. The Regional Fair Housing Plan will fulfill this HUD requirement and aims to increase collaboration, innovation, and effectiveness of strategies to affirmatively further fair housing throughout the metropolitan area. It is expected to be completed in 2022.Flyer text reads: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.Estimados residentes: jQueremos escuchar lo que piensan sobre las opciones de vivienda en nuestra comunidad! Las jurisdicciones locales en Washington DC, Maryland y Virginia estan uniendo fuerzas para abordar los problemas de equidad en la vivienda en nuestra region. Para conocer mas sobre sus experiencias, instamos a todos los residentes a completar la encuesta. II I II II La encuesta estara disponible hasta el 31 de enero, y las respuestas de la encuesta ayudaran al personal de vivienda, derechos humanos y vivienda publica en el Distrito de Columbia, Maryland y Virginia a planificar las inversiones por los proximos cinco anos, para mejorar las opciones de vivienda y revertir la segregacion en nuestra region y nuestras comunidades. La encuesta tarda unos tres minutes en completarse y hace preguntas directas sobre sus experiencias al encontrar y pagar un lugar para vivir en el Distrito de Columbia, Maryland o Virginia. Tambien hace algunas preguntas demograficas estandar que no los identifican, para ayudarnos a entender nuestro conjunto de respuestas. iCompartan sus ideas con nosotros y animen a sus amigos y familiares en el area a hacer lo mismo! CIUDAD DE ALEXANDRIA • CONDADO DE ARLINGTON • DISTRITO DE COLUMBIA CONDADO DE FAIRFAX• CIUDAD DE GAITHERSBURG • CONDADO DE LOUDOUN CONDADO DE MONTGOMERY• CONDADO DE PRINCE WILLIAM Para mas informacion visiten https://www.mwcog.org/fairhousing. Asegurense de seguirnos en @mwcog y usar los hashtags #fairhousingdmv y #housingequitydmv Encuesta Regional de Vivienda Justa 2021-2022: Tanto la ley estatal como la federal protegen su derecho a la vivienda y establecen como una practica ilegal de vivienda que cualquier persona discrimine en relaci6n con la vivienda debido a la raza, el color, la religion, el sexo, el origen nacional, el estado familiar (estar embarazada o tener hijos menores de 18 anos) o una discapacidad ffsica o mental de un individuo. Para asegurarse de que su jurisdicci6n esta abordando los impedimentos identificados en el Analisis de lmpedimentos a las Opciones de Equidad en la Vivienda, por favor completen esta encuesta. Ocho gobiernos locales se estan asociando con el Consejo Metropolitano de Gobiernos de Washington (COG, por sus siglas en ingles) para preparar un Analisis Regional de los lmpedimentos a las Opciones de Equidad en la Vivienda, (Plan Regional de Vivienda Justa). El Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD, por sus siglas en ingles) exige que las jurisdicciones promuevan afirmativamente la equidad en la vivienda. El Plan Regional de Vivienda Justa cumplira con este requisite de HUD y tiene como objetivo aumentar la colaboraci6n, la innovaci6n y la efectividad de las estrategias para promover afirmativamente la equidad en la vivienda en toda el area metropolitana. Se espera que este terminado en 2022.

Jurisdictions involved in the plan include the District of Columbia; Montgomery County and the City of Gaithersburg in Maryland; and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties, and the City of Alexandria in Virginia. The ERC sits on the Community Advisory Committee for the effort. 

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If you believe you may have experienced discrimination in housing, you can contact the Equal Rights Center. To report your experience, please call 202-234-3062 or email info@equalrightscenter.org.

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