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$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 […]

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

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 […]

FHC Michigan Joins Twitter

March 2, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: civil rights, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Michigan, Monroe, Washtenaw

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan has a new Twitter account using the name fhcmichigan. You can find us at twitter.com/fhcmichigan. Follow us!

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 […]

Fair Housing Center Expands to 6 Counties

June 2, 2009 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: attorney, disability, fair housing, familial status, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Washtenaw

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 June 2, 2009 For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch, (877) 979-FAIR Fair Housing center expands to 6 counties Thanks to a new federal grant, the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (FHC) now provides […]

Kraehnke v Shamrock

January 1, 2009 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: familial status, Monroe, pregnancy, U.S. Department of Justice

#W09-96 Kraehnke v Shamrock Monroe Cassandra Kraehnke contacted the FHC to report that her family was denied the rental of a mobile home in Monroe because she had one child and was pregnant with a second. Ms. Kraehnke said the agent told her that the property had a “one child policy” and thus her family […]

Newby et al. v Woodcrest Condominiums

January 17, 2007 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: age, disability, familial status, Monroe, race

#W07-135 Newby et al. v Woodcrest Condominiums Monroe James Newby, Sarah and Joshua Drummonds, and the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan accepted $40,000 to settle their claim against the Woodcrest Condominium Association and managers Barbara and Allan Diedrich. The suit claimed discrimination based on race, familial status, age and disability. The complex, located in […]