#W00-114 Harbrecht v Ann Arbor Housing Commission Ann Arbor Paul Harbrecht has a hearing impairment and requested an amplifier for the buzzer/intercom system of his apartment at Baker Commons. When no amplifier was installed Mr. Harbrecht asked the FHC to help. In November of 2000 FHC staff made another request for reasonable accommodation. Ericka M. […]
#W00-121 Azizuddin v Arrowwood Hills Cooperative Ann Arbor Single parent Sapphira Azizuddin contacted the FHC to report that she was denied an application for a one-bedroom townhouse because she planned to share the unit with her child. Testing supported this claim. FHC Cooperating Attorney Eric Spector filed on behalf of Ms. Azizuddin in U.S. Federal […]
#W00-131 Moody and Stowe v Frey Ann Arbor Two men, Shannon Moody and Robert Stowe, accepted $20,000 to settle their sex discrimination suit against Roland and Joan Frey of Ann Arbor. According to the suit, Roland and Joan Frey refused to rent their Potter Street apartment to two men. Moody and Stowe contacted the Fair […]
#W98-27 Ewen v Wilson White Ann Arbor Refusing to count her student loan as income in their rent calculations, Wilson White denied University of Michigan student Jamie Ewen an off-campus apartment. Ewen came to the FHC and then filed suit in state court under the City of Ann Arbor Human Rights Ordinance. Believed to be […]
#W96-99 Schwabb v Pattengill Condominiums Ann Arbor Cooperating Attorney Richard McHugh and co-counsel Michael Gatti, from Legal Services of Southeastern Michigan, defended Alissa Schwabb in the eviction proceedings and filed a counter claim in Washtenaw County Circuit Court alleging violations of the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act based on […]
#W95-10 Schiller v McKinley Ann Arbor The Schillers, a couple with three children, were denied housing at McKinley-owned Meadowbrook Village apartments because Meadowbrook has a two person per bedroom limit. The Schillers told the FHC that the bedrooms at this complex were unusually large. FHC investigation concluded that one of the two bedrooms was large […]
#W95-21 Tankson v Arbor Apartments Ann Arbor Sarah Tankson is an African-American woman with a disability. The FHC took a complaint on Tankson’s case when Arbor Apartments staff stated that they did not take SSI, Tankson’s source of income. Tankson also reported being treated rudely in the Arbor Apartment’s offices. FHC testing and a statement […]
#W95-139 Pryor v Woodland Meadows Ann Arbor Carol Pryor contacted the FHC when her landlord charged her over $2,000 after she moved from her three-bedroom townhouse. Pryor told the FHC she was forced to move because Woodland Meadows failed to install a railing on the stairs to accommodate her disability. Court: State Settlement: Non-disclosed
#W93-111 Krohn v Land Ann Arbor Susan Krohn sued Ken Land, claiming that he refused to accommodate her disability. Court: State Status: Non-disclosed
#W94-52 Brannan v Pine Valley Ann Arbor Phyllis Brannan worked with FHC Cooperating Attorneys Jonathan Rose and Jonathan Weber to file suit against Pine Valley Apartments. The suit claims violation of the Michigan Handicapper’s Civil Rights Act (now the Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act). Brannan claims that Pine Valley refused to repaint her […]