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Twice within a span of 12 days, a large number of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrived at the 5200 block of Sheriff Road NE in the Deanwood neighborhood and interacted with community...
In 2015 HUD issued the “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule, which requires jurisdictions receiving federal financial aid for housing to account for fair housing issues in their regular planning...
In March 2016, the District of Columbia enacted the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act of 2016. One of its key provisions required the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to collect...
In March 2018, we filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin. As our complaint...
The D.C. Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) regulates vehicles for hire like limousines and taxicabs to ensure compliance with standards governing cleanliness, vehicle maintenance, and appropriate...
Samuel Ortiz-Diaz is a senior special agent in HUD’s Office of Inspector General in Washington, D.C., who was denied a transfer from the Washington office to a position in Albany or Hartford. Mr. Ortiz-Diaz...