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Housing Advocates Training, May 2016

April 4, 2016 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: fair housing, housing advocates training, Legal Services, training, welfare policy seminar, Ypsilanti

Registration is now open for Housing Advocates Training in Ypsilanti on May 12 and 13, 2016. See below for details on how to register. Training Details This two-day training is an excellent resource for anyone working as an advocate (clients/consumers also welcome). Day one is a full day, day two is an optional three-hour session. Trainers include staff and […]

FHC Reads Evicted by Matthew Desmond

March 14, 2016 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: book group, Desmond, Evicted, Matthew Desmond

Please join the Fair Housing Center to discuss the book that is changing the national conversation around poverty and eviction. We will be meeting in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor during April, Fair Housing Month. April 19th – 6 PM Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery 720 Norris Street, Ypsilanti April 21st – 12 PM (brown bag lunch) Ann […]

Last Chance for FHC Breakfast Tickets

March 8, 2016 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: civil rights, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fundraiser, Legal Defense Fund, NAACP, Theodore M. Shaw

Please join us at Weber’s Inn on Wednesday, March 16th for Professor Shaw’s talk “The Sleeping Giant of Civil Rights: The Fair Housing Act.” Local Connections: While on the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School, Ted Shaw played a key role in the admissions program that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 in […]

Help the FHC Superheroes Win Big!

February 28, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Ann Arbor, basketball, bfga3, brackets for good, fhcsuperhero, fundraiser, online, superhero, tournament, Ypsilanti

The Fair Housing Center needs your support to continue its SUPER work against housing injustice. We are in a competition to win $10,000! Every dollar donated to the FHC for the Brackets for Good tournament goes directly to support our mission, and brings us a step closer to the next round of competition and the […]

Visit Beezy’s Cafe this Saturday

February 24, 2016 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: Beezy's Cafe, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, food, fundraiser

If you are around the Ypsilanti area this Saturday, consider eating at Beezy’s Cafe! 10% of ALL proceeds (7AM – 4PM) will go to support our mission to end discrimination in housing and public accommodations and to promote accessible, integrated communities. A huge thank you to Beezy’s for their belief in community and making the world a […]

A Fair Housing Breakfast with Theodore M. Shaw

December 8, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: #fhcbreakfast2016, civil rights, fair housing, Fair Housing Breakfast 2016, Theodore M. Shaw

Please join the Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan at our 3rd Annual Fair Housing Breakfast. Theodore M. Shaw, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina School of Law, will be our speaker. Professor Shaw was President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for […]

The WIMBY Pledge

December 2, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: diversity, donate, Equity, member, Summit on Equity, Washtenaw County, WIMBY

This is a page from the Winter of 1994. In response to hate crimes in Ann Arbor, our office worked with community leaders to start the WIMBY campaign (Welcome in My Backyard). We asked people to sign on to this Pledge and place a poster in their window indicating to the public their commitment to […]

FHC Testing Leads to Justice Department Action

November 23, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Children, civil rights, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, familial status, Sudi Hopper, testing, U.S. Department of Justice

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 19, 2015 Justice Department Sues Three Michigan Apartment Complexes for Discriminating Against Families with Children The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners and manager of three Michigan apartment complexes – Parkside East Apartments, in East Lansing, Michigan, Holt Manor […]

Housing Resources for Veterans

November 11, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: disability, Disability Rights, Fair Housing Act, military, veteran

Under the Fair Housing Act, it’s illegal to deny housing or discriminate against someone based on his or her disability, sex, race, color, national origin, familial status, or religion. Although federal fair housing law does not prohibit discrimination solely based on a veteran’s status, some veterans face discrimination because of a physical or mental/emotional disability.

New Photo Project Highlights Fair Housing

November 2, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, photo, photography, portrait

The Fair Housing Center invites you to participate in a photo project to help capture why fair housing matters. We’ll be using the portraits in printed materials and online to highlight the importance and impact of fair housing laws. As a thank you, we will email you a high resolution portrait of you (or your group). Our […]