On Monday, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced two legal actions against two different companies that allegedly refused services to residents east of the river.

Racine announced that a lawsuit has been filed against Lend A Box, a decade-old Virginia-based moving company, which allegedly refused to allow residents living in specific zip codes to reserve rental moving boxes. Simultaneously, Racine also announced that a settlement has been reached with Design Builders, a Maryland-based home improvement company that allegedly refused to provide a quote to an east of the river resident.

Despite providing offerings to all other areas in the District, Lend a Box does not service zip codes 20020 and 20032 located in wards 7 and 8, according to the lawsuit. “District residents could reserve and schedule rental boxes online through the company’s website LendABox.com. Residents of the 20020 and 20032 zip codes, however, were met with a discriminatory statement — a large red X — next to their zip codes when they attempted to rent moving boxes,” according to the suit.

Ninety percent of the residents in those zip codes are Black, according to DC Health Matters. Racine alleges that Lend a Box, which also has offices in Raleigh, North Carolina, violated the District’s Human Rights Act, which “prohibits discrimination … based on an individual’s place of residence or business.” The attorney general’s office began investigating after receiving a tip about “place-of-residence discrimination,” according to the lawsuit.

Representatives at Lend a Box told DCist/WAMU they would follow up with a comment on the suit, but declined to answer questions or provide immediate comment.

Meanwhile, the OAG also announced the closing of another discrimination suit.

In early February, Racine reached a settlement with Design Builders, which allegedly did not provide a quote to a resident located east of the river. Per the terms of the settlement, Design Builders will pay the District $15,000, offer equal services all throughout the District, and update the company policy and provide training to reflect the District’s Human Rights Act, per the press release. Design Builders maintains that it did not discriminate against east of the river residents, per the press release.

This week’s announcements are the latest in a series of suits Racine has filed against various companies over alleged discrimination. In 2019, the OAG reached a settlement with Renewal by Andersen LLC, a window replacement company that allegedly denied service to customers east of the Anacostia River based on crime statistics. Last February, Racine filed a lawsuit against Daro Management for discriminating against prospective tenants who sought to use housing vouchers to rent out apartments. In July, he also filed eight separate lawsuits against 16 real estate companies and professionals for housing discrimination after they allegedly declined to rent to tenants with housing vouchers.