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FHC Receives MLK Service Award

January 23, 2017 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: church of the good shepherd, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, MLK, MLK Award

FHC Staff and Board of Directors were honored to receive the Martin Luther King Community Service Award by the Church of the Good Shepherd. The congregation has a 28 year tradition of recognizing people and organizations who work toward intersectional justice. We are humbled to join the ranks of the esteemed previous recipients. Thank you […]

4th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast

January 11, 2017 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: civil rights, event, fair housing, Relman Dane & Colfax, sara pratt

You are invited to attend A Fair Housing Breakfast with Sara Pratt Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM Weber’s Inn, Ann Arbor Please join the Fair Housing Center of Southeast and Mid Michigan for our 4th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast. We are pleased to announce that Sara Pratt of Relman, Dane, & Colfax […]

FHC and DOJ Settle Case Against Seven Michigan Properties for $45,000

October 10, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, familial status, Michigan, Sudi Hopper, U.S. Department of Justice

“As long as you don’t have any kids or animals.” This is what our testers were told when they called three different Lansing-area properties. Testers were asked repeatedly to confirm that they did not have children before the agent offered to show them an available apartment. When a tester stated that they had a child, the […]

November Housing Advocates Training and Welfare Policy Seminar – Registration Open

September 27, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing advocates training, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, social work, training, welfare policy seminar

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan staff, along with the Michigan Poverty Law Program, and Legal Services of South Central Michigan, will be holding Housing Advocates Training (HAT) on Monday, November 14th, and a Welfare Policy Seminar (WPS) on Friday, November 11th, in Brighton, Michigan. Registration is required and materials are on our Housing Advocates Training page.

FHC Fall 2016 Newsletter

September 22, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, newsletter

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 here. Highlights include information on recently filed cases, details on HUD’s new criminal background guidance for landlords, photos from our 3rd Fair Housing Breakfast, disability success stories, and […]

Fair housing organizations file complaint against large regional property management company

July 13, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Central Ohio Fair Housing Association, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, familial status, HUD complaint, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Today we joined the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan (FHCWM) and three other fair housing groups to announce the filing of a fair housing complaint against AMP Residential, an Indianapolis-based property management company that owns and operates over 8,000 rental housing units in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama. In each of the 20 properties named in the […]

Fair Housing Fact Sheets

July 5, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Fair Housing Law | Tags: assistance animal, disability, Emotional Support Animal, fact sheet, facts, maternity leave, mortgage, mortgage discrimination, pregnancy, Reasonable Accommodation, reasonable modification, sex, Sexual Harassment, sexual orientation

We are pleased to announce the release of the following fair housing fact sheets. Feel free to distribute these materials. Questions? Call us at 877-979-3247. Disability Discrimination FHC Assistance Animal Fact Sheet FHC Reasonable Accommodation Fact Sheet FHC Reasonable Modification Fact Sheet Sex Discrimination FHC Mortgage Lending and Pregnancy Fact Sheet FHC Sexual Harassment Fact Sheet FHC Sexual Orientation […]

Theodore M. Shaw’s Talk at the FHC Breakfast 2016

June 21, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: Ann Arbor, civil rights, fair housing, Fair Housing Breakfast, Fair Housing Breakfast 2016, Mckinley, PNC Bank, Theodore M. Shaw, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development

Theodore M. Shaw joined the Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan as the keynote speaker at our 2016 Fair Housing Breakfast event. FHC Board President Ann Routt and FHC Director Pam Kisch are also included. Thank you again to our generous sponsors!

Dine to Donate in Depot Town, Ypsilanti

May 13, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: aubree's, Dine to Donate, fundraiser, pizza, Ypsilanti

Please join us in Depot Town on Monday, May 23rd. The Fair Housing Center will receive 15% of your bill between 11 AM and Midnight. You can order carry-out or delivery, buy a gift certificate, or dine in. You must show the flyer (you can show it from your phone) or give them this code: […]

Dinner at The Lunch Room, Saturday Nights in May

May 6, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: Dine to Donate, eat, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, food, fundraiser, The Lunch Room, vegan

Please join us at The Lunch Room on Saturday nights in May! 10% of all sales between 5:00 – 9:00 PM will be donated to the FHC to help us further our mission to end housing discrimination and to promote accessible, integrated communities. The Lunch Room is vegan restaurant, bakery, and bar, located in the Kerrytown Market area at 407 N. 5th Avenue, Ann […]