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REALTORS Show Support for Fair Housing Goals

April 12, 2021 | Categories: About the FHC | Tags: Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing month, Real Estate, Realtor, Realtors

This month the nation celebrates the 52nd anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. This landmark civil rights legislation was the result of years of individual and collective struggle against discrimination in sales, rental, financing and other housing-related transactions. The Act now protects the buyer or renter of a dwelling from discrimination based on race, color, […]

March Housing Advocates Training Registration Now Open

January 9, 2020 | Categories: Events | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing advocates training, landlord tenant law, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, social work, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti

Housing Advocates TrainingMarch 11 & 12, 2020, Ypsilanti Update: Fees go up on February 26th! This two-day training is an excellent resource for anyone working as an advocate (clients/consumers also welcome). Housing Advocates Training (HAT) is a full day, Welfare Policy Seminar (WPS) is an optional three-hour session. Trainers include staff and attorneys from the Fair Housing Center […]

FHC Complaint Resolutions Open Up Thousands of Housing Opportunities for Families with Children

December 19, 2019 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, familial status, families with kids, Management Resources Development, Monarch Investment, MRD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

We are very pleased to announce the resolution of two complaints based on familial status discrimination, in violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act. These resolutions ensure a future with many more housing opportunities with families with children. Both complaints were filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and alleged that the […]

FHC HUD Complaint Resolved for $45,000 + Policy Changes

September 20, 2019 | Categories: About the FHC, Press Release | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, familial status, families with kids, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan (FHC) announces the resolution of a complaint based on familial status discrimination, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, filed against Management Resources Development, Inc. (MRD). MRD is a property management and construction company with its headquarters in East Lansing, Michigan. MRD owns and/or manages over […]

Funny Video on the Not-so-Funny History of Housing Segregation

October 27, 2017 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: adam ruins everything, american history, fair housing, federal government, nikole hannah-jones, racism, redlining, segregation

How the Feds Created Housing Segregation, a Short History Learn more about how a history of redlining and racism created disparities in housing policies, neighborhoods, and the overall health and well being of non-white people that still impacts us all today. The segment from ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING features civil rights journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. If you feel […]

Criminal Background and Housing Info Session

August 3, 2017 | Categories: Events | Tags: criminal background, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing, HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Heard This? “We have a blanket ‘no felony’ policy” “If you served time in the last 20 years, we won’t take you” “We don’t even look an application if you have a criminal record” “Arrested? You can’t live here” If any of these comments affect your life (or the lives of your family and friends) […]

New Federal Fair Housing Complaint Filed Against Ann Arbor Property

April 13, 2017 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: Ann Arbor, civil rights, disability, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Ramp, reasonable modification, Steve Tomkowiak

Management delays ramp installation, forces woman to crawl into home. The Fair Housing Center has initiated a fair housing discrimination lawsuit based on disability against Group Five Management Company and TG Properties LLC, the owners of Randolph Court Apartments in Ann Arbor. Read the full press release here. Since age 4, Sarah Tankson has suffered […]

Free Fair Housing Workshop in Downtown Ypsilanti 4/13/17

April 4, 2017 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, free, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, workshop, Ypsilanti

A Workshop for Renters, Home Buyers, and Borrowers Together, the Fair Housing Center and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights are presenting a workshop on the investigation and resolution of housing discrimination claims. For more information call the FHC at 877-979-3247. Thursday, April 13 ,2017 7pm – 8:30 pm SPARK East – 215 W Michigan Ave, […]

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 […]

Rental Agent Exposes Illegal Housing Discrimination – New Fair Housing Case Settled

November 29, 2016 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Dr. Sakti Pramanik, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, familial status

Chelsae Lakin gave up her new job and benefits to stand up against housing discrimination. Her knowledge of fair housing laws gave her courage to take action. Chelsae was excited about her new job. She was continuing her career path as a rental agent and her job with Fontaine Gardens Apartments seemed like a step […]