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Associate Director Presents at HUD-FHEO Training

June 11, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Civil Rights Agenda, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, FHEO-HUD, Illinois Dept. of Human Rights, Kristen Cuhran, LGBT, sexual orientation

On Tuesday, May 22nd, Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan Associate Director Kristen Cuhran presented at the “Fair Housing Region V 2013 FHAP Partnership Training” held at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Ms. Cuhran was part of a panel titled “HUD’s LGBT Guidance and State/Local Enforcement of LGBT Anti-Discrimination”. Kristen presented on the testing […]

Michigan Radio Interviews FHC’s Kristen Cuhran

May 1, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: discrimination, gender identity, housing, LGBT, Michigan Radio, sexual harrassment, sexual orientation, tester, testing

New Michigan Radio Series Looks at Legal LGBT Discrimination in Michigan – FHC staff Kristen Cuhran interviewed.

FHC Newsletter, April 2013

April 30, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: disability, familial status, FHC, newsletter

The FHC’s April, 2013, newsletter was mailed out last week. Click here to read it now. Highlights include: Justice for people with disabilities, FHC & EMU’s Academic Service-Learning Program, Cases filed and cases settled, Support the FHC- get a facial! If you’d like to receive the print version of this or future newsletters, please send your […]

Monroe Property Does Not Want Children; Lawsuit Filed

April 10, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: Children, familial status, family, Federal Court, Monroe

Monroe Property Does Not Want Children; Lawsuit Filed

Ball v Wenger

March 10, 2013 | Categories: About FHC | Tags:

#W11-32 Ball v Wenger Northfield Township Peg Ball has a disability, uses a wheelchair, and makes use of a trained service dog called Deniro. She contacted the FHC to report a property owner who said he would, under no circumstances, take a tenant with a dog. The FHC advised Ms. Ball to write a letter […]

Registration Now Open for Housing Advocates Training, April 2013

March 1, 2013 | Categories: About FHC | Tags:

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan staff, along with the Michigan Poverty Law Program, and Legal Services of South Central Michigan, will be holding Housing Advocates Training (HAT) on April 16 and a Welfare Policy Seminar(WPS) on April 19, 2013, in Monroe, Michigan. Registration is required. HAT is designed to help social service workers gain a […]

An Important Step for Equal Opportunity

February 11, 2013 | Categories: News | Tags: Disparate Impact, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a final rule to standardize implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s discriminatory effects standard (HUD Press Release). Included in this rule is a confirmation that the Fair Housing Act may be violated by a housing practice that has a discriminatory effect even if the […]

Ann Arbor Landlord Sued for Discrimination Against Children

January 8, 2013 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, familial status, Tree City Properties

Ann Arbor: A University of Florida professor has filed a federal lawsuit against Tree City Properties and owner Catherine Alawi stating that she was denied the rental of a two-bedroom apartment because she has two children.

HUD Enforces LGBT Rule for First Time

January 3, 2013 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: gender identity, lending, LGBT, mortgage, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

In a historic move, the Office of Housing and Urban Development settled its first action against a lender regarding the Equal Access Rule. The Rule (Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity) “prohibits lenders from basing eligibility determinations for mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) […]

Okemos Landlord Settles Claim Alleging Discrimination Against Family With Four Children

December 10, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: discrimination, familial status, Hargraves, Ingham, Okemos

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (877) 979-FAIR info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday December 10, 2012 Contact: Pam Kisch (734) 994-3426, Attorney Jonathan Weber (734) 323-2535 $10,500 Settlement Adds to Total of More Than $1.7 Million Won by Fair Housing Center for Victims of Housing Bias OKEMOS- Matthew and Julie Hargraves have accepted […]

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