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November Housing Advocates Training and Welfare Policy Seminar – Registration Open

September 27, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing advocates training, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, social work, training, welfare policy seminar

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan staff, along with the Michigan Poverty Law Program, and Legal Services of South Central Michigan, will be holding Housing Advocates Training (HAT) on Monday, November 14th, and a Welfare Policy Seminar (WPS) on Friday, November 11th, in Brighton, Michigan. Registration is required and materials are on our Housing Advocates Training page.

Fair housing organizations file complaint against large regional property management company

July 13, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Central Ohio Fair Housing Association, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, familial status, HUD complaint, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Today we joined the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan (FHCWM) and three other fair housing groups to announce the filing of a fair housing complaint against AMP Residential, an Indianapolis-based property management company that owns and operates over 8,000 rental housing units in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama. In each of the 20 properties named in the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

African American Family Settles Housing Race Case

October 26, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Paula Scott, race, Steve Tomkowiak, Swan Creek Mobile Home Community, Ypsilanti Township

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan PO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE African American Family Settles Race Case Against Ypsilanti Township Mobile Home Community Tuesday, October 20, 2015 For more information contact: Pamela Kisch, 734-272-8383 Paula Scott accepted a non-disclosed settlement to resolve her lawsuit against Swan Creek Mobile Home […]