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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


Ypsilanti Housing Advocates Training, May 2012

March 29, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, HAT, housing advocates training, Legal Services, Michigan Poverty Law Program

Are You an Advocate? Check out the FHC Ypsilanti Housing Advocates Training- May 15 2012. Info at http://www.fhcmichigan.org/get-involved/hat/


FHC Book Group Readings, April through August 2012

March 16, 2012 | Categories: About FHC | Tags:

The Fair Housing Center announces the next three readings for our book groups. Centered around Civil and Human Rights related readings, fiction and non-fiction, FHC book groups aim to engage community members in meaningful discussion. The next three readings are: 1) The Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle    4/24 (A2) & 4/25 (Lansing) 2) Them […]


Alexander: Prisoners Must Be Counted When Looking at U.S. Segregation

February 20, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Alexander, criminal background, equality, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, segregation

Michelle Alexander, author of the The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [this month’s FHC book group choice], recently wrote a piece on Time.com titled “The Myth of Desegregation: A recent study claims segregation has hit the lowest point in a century. Here’s why it’s premature to celebrate”. Alexander argues that the […]


Michigan Agency Receives $185K for Fair Housing Education on Hate Crimes, LGBT Issues

February 10, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: gender identity, HUD, LGBT, marital status, MDCR, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

According to yesterday’s HUD press release, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) received $185,000 to help communities and housing providers to better understand their fair housing rights and responsibilities, including the new regulation (reported on here yesterday) which ensures that HUD housing and programs are open to all families, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, […]


HUD Housing Programs Require A New -More Inclusive- Definition of Family

February 6, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, family, gender identity, household, HUD, LGBT, sexual orientation

A new rule (discussed here a little over a year ago) regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) core housing programs [rental assistance and home ownership programs, which include HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance programs, community development programs, and public and assisted housing programs] is set to be published this week. The rule, which will go […]


FHC Brings Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Film and Director to Ann Arbor for 20th Anniversary Event

January 26, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: 20th Anniversary, Ann Arbor, Barber of Birmingham, Documentary, Film, Michigan Theater

In celebration of the Fair Housing Center’s 20th Anniversary, we invite you to join us for a special screening of the award-winning Oscar nominated documentary short, “The Barber of Birmingham,” on the evening of Wednesday, February 15th, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan’s 20th Anniversary Event Wednesday, February 15th, […]


New FHC Book Groups- Please Join Us!

January 6, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: books, civil rights, fair housing, human rights, readings

Fair Housing Book Groups The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan is pleased to announce 2 new book groups centered around Civil and Human Rights related readings, fiction and non-fiction. Details regarding each group’s location are below (as well as PDF’s for download). The first book that both groups will be reading is The New Jim Crow by […]


Fair Housing Center Seeks Assistant Coordinator of Investigations

December 5, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: employment, fair housing center of southeastern michigan

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan is hiring a full time position located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A full job description is available at fhcmichigan.org/employment.  


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