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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 [...]

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 [...]

By Alexia Smokler, Presidential Management Fellow with HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Buying a home and starting (or growing) a family should be among the most joyful moments [...]

What is fair housing? Fair housing is more than just a mix of complex jargon, laws, polices and regulations. Equal access to housing of one’s choice represents something much greater. Fair [...]