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Realtors: Receive CE credit for FH Breakfast! (CE Marketplace)

February 24, 2020 | Categories: Fair Housing Breakfast | Tags: Ann Arbor, event, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, FHBreakfast, fundraiser, Lisa Rice

We are pleased to announce that the 7th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast has been approved for 1-hour non-legal elective CE credit by CE Marketplace! To receive credit, Michigan licensed real estate salespersons/brokers will need to bring their NRDS/license number and last 4 digits of their SS# to complete an attendance verification form at the event. […]

Ticket Sales Now Open for 7th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast

February 11, 2020 | Categories: Fair Housing Breakfast | Tags: Ann Arbor, Fair Housing Breakfast, FHBreakfast, Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance

Please join us for the 7th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast on March 19th at Weber’s Inn in Ann Arbor. Funds raised from this event go directly to ending housing discrimination and expanding equal housing opportunities, making our community more open, accessible, and inclusive for all.

FHC Sues City of Howell

February 4, 2020 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Dane Law, disability, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing for all, Howell, Pitt McGhee Palmer Rivers, Relman Colfax, Sober Living

City of Howell Sued for Obstructing Housing for Women Recovering from Substance Use Disorders On January 27, 2020, Amber Reineck House, its Founder and President, Courtney Atsalakis, and the Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan filed a disability rights lawsuit against the City of Howell and two of its officials for engaging in […]

Free Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing Fair Housing Training

January 9, 2020 | Categories: Events | Tags: Deaf, deafblind, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, hard of hearing, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Ypsilanti

The Michigan Department of Civil Rights & MDCR Division on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing along with the Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan would like to invite you to a FREE Fair Housing Training for those in the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing Communities and the Organizations that Provide Services […]

March Housing Advocates Training Registration Now Open

January 9, 2020 | Categories: Events | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing advocates training, landlord tenant law, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, social work, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti

Housing Advocates TrainingMarch 11 & 12, 2020, Ypsilanti Update: Fees go up on February 26th! This two-day training is an excellent resource for anyone working as an advocate (clients/consumers also welcome). Housing Advocates Training (HAT) is a full day, Welfare Policy Seminar (WPS) is an optional three-hour session. Trainers include staff and attorneys from the Fair Housing Center […]

FHC Complaint Resolutions Open Up Thousands of Housing Opportunities for Families with Children

December 19, 2019 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, familial status, families with kids, Management Resources Development, Monarch Investment, MRD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

We are very pleased to announce the resolution of two complaints based on familial status discrimination, in violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act. These resolutions ensure a future with many more housing opportunities with families with children. Both complaints were filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and alleged that the […]

Fall 2019 Newsletter

December 10, 2019 | Categories: Newsletter | Tags:

By now you should have received our latest newsletter at your home or business. If you haven’t*, or you’d like to see the digital color version, you can view it online right now. Highlights include information on recently filed cases, disability rights success stories, photos from our 6th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast, and more. *Didn’t get a printed copy […]

MSU Tiny Rabbit Case Resolved

November 26, 2019 | Categories: Litigation, Press Release | Tags: Alpha Omicron Pi, disability, Disability Rights, east lansing, Emotional Support Animal, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Michigan State University

Civil Rights Demands Change at MSU Sorority According to the complaint taken by the FHC in the fall of 2017, although Kayla Hicks’ need for an emotional support animal was well documented, East Lansing sorority Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) refused to allow her to live with her emotional support animal, a two-pound Netherland Dwarf Rabbit […]

New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Filed, Lansing

October 17, 2019 | Categories: About the FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: discrimination, lansing, Lansing State Journal, lawsuit, national origin, Sexual Harassment, WILX

New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit FiledFair Housing Suit Also Alleges National Origin Bias Sarah Yoder contacted the Fair Housing Center in August 2018 to file a sexual harassment complaint against Ryan McDonell. Ms. Yoder, a 39-year-old Native American woman, stated that she had gone to view a one-bedroom house listed for $700/month in Lansing and that Mr. McDonell gave […]

Fair Housing Centers of Michigan Call For Statewide Day of Action, October 16th

October 15, 2019 | Categories: About the FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: DefendCivilRights, DefendMICivilRights

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid MichiganPO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2019 Fair Housing Centers of Michigan Plan Statewide Day of Action to Oppose HUD’s Attempt to Gut Core Civil Rights Protection The Fair Housing Centers of Metropolitan Detroit, Southeast & Mid Michigan, Southwest Michigan, […]