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2nd Annual Fair Housing Breakfast A Success

March 4, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: #fhcbreakfast2015, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor State Bank, Charles Reinhart Company Realtors, civil rights, event, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Breakfast, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Flagstar Bank, fundraiser, Huron Valley Financial, Jason Reece, Kirwan Institute, MB Financial Bank, Mckinley, Michigan Realtors, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, MSHDA, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Zingerman’s Community of Businesses

Our guest speaker for this year’s event was Jason Reece from the Kirwan Institute. Mr. Reece’s talk “Place, Housing & Opportunity: Fair Housing for Supporting Thriving Families and Communities” covered housing and health equity, the need for fair housing testing, and high quality housing in high opportunity areas for all. You can view slides from […]

23rd Anniversary Happy Hour

February 19, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Ann Arbor, celebration, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, FHC 23rd Anniversary, happy hour

If you find yourself in Ann Arbor next Thursday, please join us for Happy Hour at The Bar at 327 Braun Court! Thursday, February 26th, from 5-7 PM. We’ll be eating cake, appreciating a warm room, and celebrating our 23rd Anniversary. A portion of all drink proceeds will be donated to the FHC and additional donations are welcome.

Save the Date: March 25, 2015- a Fair Housing Breakfast

January 12, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags:

Please join us for our 2nd Annual Fair Housing Breakfast. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 25th from 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM at the Campus Inn in downtown Ann Arbor. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us in March! Sponsorship opportunities and individual tickets are available now. Email Kristen at kcuhran@fhcmichigan.org with […]

African-American Family Hopes for Justice in Fair Housing Case

January 5, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, Fair Housing Law, Press Release | Tags: Civil Rights Act, color, Fair Housing Act, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, race, Tomkowiak, Ypsilanti Township

The Fair Housing Center has aided in the filing of a race discrimination lawsuit against a property in Ypsilanti Township, MI. The lawsuit alleges that a white tenant attacked a black teenager, yet the black family faced eviction within two days of the incident, while the white family did not receive an eviction notice until after […]

Cast Your Vote! FHC Name Change

December 1, 2014 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, name change

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Sign Up for AmazonSmile and Help Support the FHC

October 22, 2014 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: donate, fundraising, gift, giving

Looking for an easy way to donate to the Fair Housing Center? We’re now participating in AmazonSmile, a program run by the web retailer to donate 0.5% of the price of eligible

FHC Awarded Nearly $1,000,000 to Fight Housing Discrimination

October 20, 2014 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, FHIP, funding, grant, HUD, Michigan, Michigan fair housing centers, PEI-MYC, Private Enforcement Initiative, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

On October 15, 2014, the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan received notice of a three-year grant totaling $974,832 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

Wheelchair User Fights Back: Federal Lawsuit Filed

October 1, 2014 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: disability, discrimination, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Federal Court, Hartland, Hartland Meadows, lawsuit, Livingston County, Tomkowiak

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (877) 979-FAIR, info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Discrimination Lawsuit Filed: Wheelchair User Demands Sidewalk Access Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Interested in housing issues?

September 16, 2014 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: Ann Arbor, fair housing, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, housing advocates training, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, training

Interested in housing issues? Work at a community organization? Eager to learn more about landlord/tenant, fair housing, and government housing programs? You are invited

Racial Dot Map

July 24, 2014 | Categories: Media, News | Tags: census, census data, cooper center, demographics, race

Demographic researchers at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service have used the 2010 Census Block Data to produce an interactive map that plots a dot for every person in