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FHC Director to Receive Service Award

September 17, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Pam Kisch, tester, testing

We are pleased to announce that FHC Director Pamela Kisch will be honored at the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit‘s 15th annual Fair Housing Leadership Awards Reception. This event honors “persons or firms in the housing industry who have taken significant actions in support of fair and equal housing opportunities.” Pam will be presented with the Marvin Thomas […]

The FHC is hiring part-time employees

September 12, 2012 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: civil rights, employment, tester, testing

Help uncover illegal housing discrimination: join our team today!

20 Years of Working for Justice: Latest FHC Newsletter

August 2, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, Publications | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, newsletter

20 Years of Working for Justice. Read about it now in the latest FHC Newsletter.

DOJ: Not Okay to Just Claim “Senior Housing”

July 31, 2012 | Categories: Fair Housing Law, News | Tags: 55 and older, age, HUD, senior housing, U.S. Department of Justice, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

DOJ: You can’t just claim senior housing- you have to follow the guidelines. Santa Rosa homeowners assoc. pays $49,000.

To Kill A Mockingbird- August FHC Book Group Reading

July 10, 2012 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: book group, Harper Lee, to kill a mockingbird

Classic Reads: To Kill A Mockingbird- August FHC Book Group Reading- Ann Arbor and Lansing

RACE: Are We So Different? Exhibit Coming to U of M in February, 2013

June 26, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: race, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History

The University of Michigan will be hosting the “RACE: Are We So Different” traveling exhibit (a project of the American Anthropological Association) at the Museum of Natural History from 2/8/2013 – 5/27/2013. In February of 2012, the Museum of Natural History began preparing for the exhibit’s arrival through a three pronged approach: education at the University […]

FHC: Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act Should Be Expanded

May 23, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Fair Housing Act, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, gender expression, gender identity, HUD, LGBT, MDCR, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Michigan fair housing centers, Senator Rebekah Warren, sexual orientation

Here’s the testimony we presented at the MDCR public hearing to amend #Elliott-Larsen. #lgbt #fairhousing

FHC book groups read Them by Nathan McCall, June 2012

May 17, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: book group, books, class, integration, Nathan McCall, race, Them

FHC book groups read Them by Nathan McCall. Them captures the dynamics of class and race in today’s urban integrated communities. June 26 Ann Arbor, June 27 Lansing. Pick up your book soon and join us! Brown bag lunch discussions.

April FHC Book Groups Meet Next Week- June and August Readings Selected!

April 20, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: book group, FHC

Reading is fun! Talking about what you’ve read with others face to face= even more fun. Here is what we’re reading: 1) The Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle April 24 (A2) & April 25 (Lansing) 2) Them by Nathan McCall June 26 (A2) & June 27 (Lansing) 3) To Kill A Mockingbird by […]

April 11th- An Important Day in our Nation’s History

April 11, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: civil rights, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, fair housing month, HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Is your life different because of this legislation? #fhcmichigan

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