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Young Adult Fiction for Fair Housing Month

April 5, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media | Tags: books, fair housing, fair housing month, youth

April is Fair Housing Month! The FHC-SE suggests these book titles for young readers.


Children’s Books for Fair Housing Month

April 4, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media | Tags: books, Children, fair housing, fair housing month, youth

April is Fair Housing Month. The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan has compiled a of fair housing related books for children.


Michigan Property Owner and Manager Ordered to Pay $82,500 in Civil Penalties in Sexual Harassment Case

March 7, 2011 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: civil rights, sexual harrassment, U.S. Department of Justice, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE,  Friday, March 4, 2011 Michigan Property Owner and Manager Ordered to Pay $82,500 in Civil Penalties in Sexual Harassment Case


FHC Michigan Joins Twitter

March 2, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: civil rights, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Michigan, Monroe, Washtenaw

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan has a new Twitter account using the name fhcmichigan. You can find us at twitter.com/fhcmichigan. Follow us!


FHC Director Pam Kisch presents at Creating Change Conference

February 22, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: civil rights, Creating Change conference, HUD, LGBT, Pam Kisch, sexual orientation

On February 9, 2011, Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan Director Pamela Kisch, along with Kenneth J. Carroll, Director of HUD’s Fair Housing Assistance Program Division, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity presented at “Creating Change“- the 23rd National Conference on LGBT Equality.


AnnArbor.com Article Focuses on Fair Housing Testing

February 22, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: annarbor.com, civil rights, tester, testing, training, U.S. Department of Justice

AnnArbor.com writer James Dickson talks to FHC-SE Director Pamela Kisch in article titled “Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan looking for testers to investigate housing discrimination complaints.” The article, which also includes interviews of Clifford Schrupp from the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit and Judith Levy from the United States Justice Department, focuses on […]


Become a Fair Housing Tester

February 9, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: tester, testing, training

If you are interested in becoming a tester call us at 1-877-979-FAIR or visit http://www.fhcmichigan.org/get-involved/ to learn more or to find out about upcoming training dates.


Housing Advocates Training in East Lansing

February 4, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: east lansing, housing advocates training

Housing Advocates Training (designed to help social service workers gain a working knowledge of fair housing law, landlord/tenant law, and housing subsidy program) is set for Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday March 30 in East Lansing. For more information please visit: http://www.fhcmichigan.org/get-involved/housing-advocates-training/.


HUD Proposes New Rules for LGBT Equality in Housing; Mentions Arcus Report

January 25, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: civil rights, fair housing, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, gender, HUD, LGBT, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Michigan fair housing centers, sex, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced new proposed rules to ensure that HUD programs are available to all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The full proposed rule is available here.  Comments are due by March 25, 2011. In citing their reasoning for the proposed rules, HUD describes […]


HUD Proposes New Regulations To Ensure Equality for LGBT Individuals in Housing

January 25, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, gender identity, HUD, LGBT, Michigan fair housing centers, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan P.O. Box 7825 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107 Phone: (734) 994-3426 Fax: (734) 994-4913 For Immediate Release, 1/25/2011 Contact: Pam Kisch, Executive Director, (734)994‐3426, pkisch@fhcmichigan.org HUD Proposes New Regulations To Ensure Equality for LGBT Individuals in Housing; Work of Local Organization Cited The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development […]


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