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Housing Advocates Urge Stronger Enforcement After County Testing Finds Ongoing Discrimination
Summary
Housing Opportunities Made Equal and the Arlington NAACP asked the board to amend the Human Rights Ordinance and prioritize fair-housing enforcement after local testing found discrimination based on source of funds, familial status, national origin and disability.
Laura Dobbs of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia told the County Board on Oct. 18 that recent testing commissioned by the county and additional testing by the Human Rights Initiative found persistent housing discrimination in Arlington.
"Renters feel stigmatized, mistreated, and powerless," Dobbs said, urging the board to amend the county’s Human Rights Ordinance and to prioritize enforcement and…
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