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Spring 2014 FHC Newsletter

May 28, 2014 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: criminal background, events, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, familial status, newsletter

Click here to read our latest newsletter! Highlights include: photos from of our Fair Housing Breakfast a welcome to new staff an article on the connection between criminal background issues and fair housing updates on recently settled cases If you’d like to receive the print version of this or future newsletters, please send your mailing information to info@fhcmichigan.org.

$20,000 to Monroe Mom in Housing Settlement

December 7, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: fair housing, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, familial status, Monroe, Tomkowiak

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (877) 979-FAIR, info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Contact: FHC Executive Dir. Pam Kisch, (734) 994-3426; Attorney Steve Tomkowiak (248) 543-1600 MONROE MICHIGAN MOM SETTLES NEW DISCRIMINATION SUIT FOR $20,000 MONROE, MICHIGAN — Cicily Pippens of Monroe, Michigan has settled her housing discrimination law suit against […]

FHC Newsletter, April 2013

April 30, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: disability, familial status, FHC, newsletter

The FHC’s April, 2013, newsletter was mailed out last week. Click here to read it now. Highlights include: Justice for people with disabilities, FHC & EMU’s Academic Service-Learning Program, Cases filed and cases settled, Support the FHC- get a facial! If you’d like to receive the print version of this or future newsletters, please send your […]

Monroe Property Does Not Want Children; Lawsuit Filed

April 10, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: Children, familial status, family, Federal Court, Monroe

Monroe Property Does Not Want Children; Lawsuit Filed

Ann Arbor Landlord Sued for Discrimination Against Children

January 8, 2013 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, familial status, Tree City Properties

Ann Arbor: A University of Florida professor has filed a federal lawsuit against Tree City Properties and owner Catherine Alawi stating that she was denied the rental of a two-bedroom apartment because she has two children.

Okemos Landlord Settles Claim Alleging Discrimination Against Family With Four Children

December 10, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: discrimination, familial status, Hargraves, Ingham, Okemos

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (877) 979-FAIR info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday December 10, 2012 Contact: Pam Kisch (734) 994-3426, Attorney Jonathan Weber (734) 323-2535 $10,500 Settlement Adds to Total of More Than $1.7 Million Won by Fair Housing Center for Victims of Housing Bias OKEMOS- Matthew and Julie Hargraves have accepted […]

Mobile Home Park Sued After Fair Housing Center Finds Discrimination

July 18, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: familial status, Monroe, pregnancy

Mobile home park sued after Fair Housing Center finds discrimination BY DAVID ASHENFELTER DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Cassandra Kraehnke says she didn’t pay much attention in 2009 when a rental agent at a Monroe County mobile home park refused to let her move in because she was expecting a second child. But when Kraehnke discovered […]

Department of Justice Press Release, Discrimination Against Families with Children

July 6, 2011 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: fair housing, familial status, Monroe, U.S. Department of Justice

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Justice Department Settles Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Michigan Mobile Home Operators for Discrimination Against Families with Children WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that the owner and operators of a Monroe, Mich., mobile home […]

Shamrock Village, Monroe: “One Child Only” Policy

July 5, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: Children, fair housing, familial status, HUD, Monroe, U.S. Department of Justice

Testing by the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan confirmed that Shamrock Village had a “one child” policy. Pregnant? Two Kids? You aren’t welcome here. Below is an article from the Detroit News. 7/5/2011. Monroe trailer park operators accused of discrimination settle lawsuit Robert Snell/ The Detroit News Detroit— Operators of a Monroe trailer park […]

Woodcrest Condominiums Pays $40,000 to Settle Housing Discrimination Case

March 19, 2010 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: disability, familial status, Monroe, race, Woodcrest Condominium

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan PO Box 7825 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 19, 2010 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Kisch (877) 979-FAIR or Jonathan Weber (734) 323-2535 WOODCREST CONDOMINIUMS PAYS $40,000 TO SETTLE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE Ann Arbor: Condominium buyer James Newby, sellers Sarah and Joshua […]