HUD Resumes Leadership on Effort to Combat Segregation: Submit a Comment in Support
Take advantage of this chance to amplify your perspective and strengthen this critical tool for advancing housing justice: submit a comment by April 10, 2023.
You Can Help Advance Fair Housing in the Region!
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and eight local government partners have launched a survey to collect feedback from residents.
ERC Opposes HUD’s Proposed Change to Equal Access Rule
The ERC has submitted a comment to HUD urging the agency to withdraw its proposed rule change regarding transgender people's access to HUD-funded homeless shelters.
Equal Rights Center Releases Video on New HUD Guidance on Assistance Animals
Today, in celebration of Fair Housing Month 2020, the Equal Rights Center (ERC) released a new video to help explain new guidance about assistance animals from the U.S. Department of Housing and [...]
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 [...]
Zip Codes Matter
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 [...]
A Day of Remembrance
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 [...]
ERC Receives Generous Support from Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
The Equal Rights Center (ERC) has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP). “The ERC is honored to be a [...]
Familial Status Discrimination
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 [...]
HUD Study
On Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its latest summary study, Housing Discrimination against Racial and Ethnic Minorities 2012. The project [...]
