Our Legal Cases: Fighting for Disability Rights

DREDF uses strategic litigation to protect and advance the rights of disabled people. We take on high-impact cases that challenge discrimination, improve accessibility, and set legal precedents that benefit the broader disability community. Explore our casework to learn how we’re making an impact.

Paper cut outs of hands reaching to a paper cut out of a house

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Housing Out Of Reach

  • Housing
A female presenting person sits on a living room floor with a folder and a laptop

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Know Your Rights: Government Rent Subsidies and Credit Scores in Tenant Screening

  • Housing
Black and white photo from 504 Sit-Ins of protesters in San Francisco outside of the HEW building

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Section 504 Turns 51 Today!

  • Civil Rights
An abstract image of people with different disabilities.

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Project 2025 and the Disability Community

  • Education
  • Healthcare Access
  • Housing
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Transportation
Top of the California State Capitol Dome in Sacramento, CA

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DREDF Opposed SB 1196’s Proposed Expansion of Assisted Suicide – Here’s Why

  • Assisted Suicide
soldier at a laptop speaking with an older masculine hispanic presenting person in an emergency shelter

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Know Your Rights: Housing and Shelter for People with Disabilities During Disasters and Emergencies

  • Civil Rights
  • Housing
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA on a map.

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What is the Grants Pass Case, and Why is it Important to People with Disabilities?

  • Housing
Street art on a concrete wall with words that read

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Speaking the Truth About Section 8

  • Housing
Black and white interior of Union Station in Washington, DC. The ceiling is vast, arching and ornate. Statues stand tall below an arch way. Photo by Andra C Taylor Jr on Unsplash.

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Understanding How the ADA Applies to Historic Properties

  • Housing
A typewriter with the word

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Claiming Historic Status Does Not Relieve Inn of ADA Obligations

  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Housing