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Fulfilling the promises of the Fair Housing Act

April 29, 2022 | Categories: About the FHC | Tags: age, disability, Disability Rights, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing donate, fair housing month, familial status, give, marital status, membership, national origin, race, religion, results, sex, Sexual Harassment, sexual orientation

A note from our Associate Director, 4/29/2022 You may know that April is National Fair Housing Month, when advocates across the country celebrate the passage of the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968. We’re reminded each April of the hard work and sacrifices made before us that allow us to continue the fight toward ending […]

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 […]

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 […]

FHC and DOJ Settle Case Against Seven Michigan Properties for $45,000

October 10, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, familial status, Michigan, Sudi Hopper, U.S. Department of Justice

“As long as you don’t have any kids or animals.” This is what our testers were told when they called three different Lansing-area properties. Testers were asked repeatedly to confirm that they did not have children before the agent offered to show them an available apartment. When a tester stated that they had a child, the […]

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 […]

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 […]

FHC Testing Leads to Justice Department Action

November 23, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Children, civil rights, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, familial status, Sudi Hopper, testing, U.S. Department of Justice

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 19, 2015 Justice Department Sues Three Michigan Apartment Complexes for Discriminating Against Families with Children The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners and manager of three Michigan apartment complexes – Parkside East Apartments, in East Lansing, Michigan, Holt Manor […]

Lansing-Area Case: Discrimination Against Families with Children

May 15, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Children, civil rights, discrimination, east lansing, Fair Housing Act, familial status, Holt, Ingham County, lansing, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Owosso, Shiawassee County, testing

The Fair Housing Center has filed a lawsuit against the owner/operator of several Lansing-area properties. Check out these links for the full press release and statewide news coverage: FHC Press Release Michigan Radio WNEM Channel 5 WFSB Channel 3 (includes video) According to the lawsuit, testers posing as a single parent with a young child were told that […]

Maternity Leave and Mortgage Discrimination

July 8, 2014 | Categories: Fair Housing Law, News | Tags: Fair Housing Act, familial status, HUD, maternity leave, mortgage, mortgage discrimination, pregnancy, sex, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

In June 2011 we shared with you HUD’s press release on their landmark actions concerning maternity leave and mortgage denials or delays. That press release included the Dr. Elizabeth Budde case, which is considered to be the impetus for the flurry of maternity leave/mortgage settlements now occurring across the nation. According to the HUDdle, Dr. Budde, a Seattle-area oncologist, had been […]