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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!

New Media Coverage on FHC Complaint Against Ypsilanti Township Policy

May 31, 2016 | Categories: Media, News, Press Release | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, HUD, Township of Ypsilanti, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ypsilanti Township

The Fair Housing Center filed a complaint with HUD in January, 2016, regarding the Township of Ypsilanti’s ban on Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8). Our position is that the township’s rules disproportionately impact minorities, women, disabled residents and women with children – all groups protected under the Fair Housing Act. “Ypsilanti Township hires new attorney to […]

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 […]

Fair Housing Center responds to “No Section 8” policy in Ypsilanti Township, MI

May 3, 2016 | Categories: News | Tags: disability, Disparate Impact Claim, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, familial status, housing voucher, HUD, race, Section 8, sex, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ypsilanti Township

The Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan has filed a new discrimination complaint against the Charter Township of Ypsilanti. You can read the housing complaint here. Related MLive articles: First-of-its-kind plan bans section 8 housing, limits rentals in new Ypsilanti Township developments Ypsilanti Township bans section 8 housing, limits rentals in new subdivision […]

New Rule Bans Landlords from Blanket Denials Based on Criminal Background

April 13, 2016 | Categories: Fair Housing Law, News, Press Release | Tags: criminal background, disability, fair housing, housing, HUD, national origin, race, Reasonable Accommodation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan PO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Press Release PDF April 12, 2016 For more information, contact: Kristen Cuhran, (877) 979-3247 New Rule Bans Landlords from Blanket Denials Based on Criminal Background On April 4, 2016, the United States Department of Housing and Urban […]

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 […]