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$272,500 Settles Disability Case

March 9, 2010 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Canton, disability, Reasonable Accommodation

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan PO Box 7825 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 9, 2010 For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch (877) 979-3247, J. Mark Finnegan (734) 302-3233 $272,500 Settles Disability Case Michael Lowrey and his mother, Marilyn Lowrey, accepted $227,500 to settle their fair housing/ […]

Author Suggests Amending Elliot-Larsen Might Lead to Change

February 25, 2010 | Categories: News | Tags: Arcus, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Kristen Cuhran, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Michigan fair housing centers, sexual orientation

Pamela Davies offers insights on the Fair Housing changes proposed for Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Michigan Policy Network news. The Michigan Fair Housing Center’s Sexual Orientation and Housing Discrimination in Michigan report is mentioned, and FHC staff Kristen Cuhran is interviewed for the news piece. You can also read the story as a PDF on our website.

New Bias Suit Filed Against Ivanhoe Apartments

July 21, 2009 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, race

FAIR HOUSING CENTER of Southeastern Michigan P.O. Box 7825 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (734) 994-3426 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org NEW BIAS SUIT FILED AGAINST IVANHOE APARTMENTS Fair Housing Center Alleges Race Discrimination FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pam Kisch, (734) 994-3426 July 21, 2009 After several years of testing Ivanhoe Apartments for possible violations of fair housing […]

Fair Housing Center Expands to 6 Counties

June 2, 2009 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: attorney, disability, fair housing, familial status, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Washtenaw

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan PO Box 7825 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2009 For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch, (877) 979-FAIR Fair Housing center expands to 6 counties Thanks to a new federal grant, the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (FHC) now provides […]

Kraehnke v Shamrock

January 1, 2009 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: familial status, Monroe, pregnancy, U.S. Department of Justice

#W09-96 Kraehnke v Shamrock Monroe Cassandra Kraehnke contacted the FHC to report that her family was denied the rental of a mobile home in Monroe because she had one child and was pregnant with a second. Ms. Kraehnke said the agent told her that the property had a “one child policy” and thus her family […]

Hatch v Flying Dutchman

January 1, 2008 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: ann arbor township, race

#W08-28 Hatch v Flying Dutchman Ann Arbor Township FHC Cooperating Attorney Jonathan G. Weber filed suit on behalf of the Hatch family in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The suit, filed on February 15, 2010, was assigned to Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. Testing by the Fair Housing Center supported […]

FHC v Ivanhoe House Apartments

January 1, 2008 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, race, U.S. Department of Justice

#W08-40 FHC v Ivanhoe House Apartments Ann Arbor After several years of testing Ivanhoe Apartments for possible violations of fair housing law, the FHC filed suit against the owner and resident manager of the housing complex. To investigate allegations of race discrimination the FHC sent African-American and white test teams to Ivanhoe Apartments. Testing evidence […]

Report: Sexual Orientation and Housing Discrimination in Michigan

September 15, 2007 | Categories: Gender Identity, LGBTQ, Publications, Sex, Sexual Orientation | Tags: Arcus, LGBT, sexual orientation

Sexual Orientation and Housing Discrimination in Michigan, Michigan Fair Housing Centers, January, 2007 With funding from the Arcus Foundation, based in Kalamazoo, four Michigan fair housing groups set out to investigate housing discrimination based on sexual orientation. Tests were conducted by the Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan (Kalamazoo), the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan […]

Ann Arbor Race Discrimination Case

May 10, 2007 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, color, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, Town and Country

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2007 For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch, Fair Housing Center of Washtenaw County (734)994-3426 and/or Steve Tomkowiak, (248) 543-1600 Ann Arbor Race Discrimination Case: Ann Arbor Apartment Complex Has Now Been Sued Twice The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan has filed suit against Town and Country Apartments in Ann […]

Salinsky v Courthouse Square

January 17, 2007 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, disability, Reasonable Accommodation

#W07-11 Salinsky v Courthouse Square Ann Arbor As a reasonable accommodation of his disability, Warren Salinsky asked Courthouse Square to move him to the 10th floor where there are no smokers. The managers said no, but a letter from FHC changed their minds. Mr. Salinsky was told that the only open unit (Unit A) had […]

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