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Fair Housing Fact Sheets

July 5, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, Fair Housing Law | Tags: assistance animal, disability, Emotional Support Animal, fact sheet, facts, maternity leave, mortgage, mortgage discrimination, pregnancy, Reasonable Accommodation, reasonable modification, sex, Sexual Harassment, sexual orientation

We are pleased to announce the release of the following fair housing fact sheets. Feel free to distribute these materials. Questions? Call us at 877-979-3247. Disability Discrimination FHC Assistance Animal Fact Sheet FHC Reasonable Accommodation Fact Sheet FHC Reasonable Modification Fact Sheet Sex Discrimination FHC Mortgage Lending and Pregnancy Fact Sheet FHC Sexual Harassment Fact Sheet FHC Sexual Orientation […]

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 […]

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 […]

HUD Acts Against Pregnancy Discrimination

June 9, 2011 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: Fair Housing Act, HUD, maternity leave, pregnancy, sex

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Wednesday, June 01, 2011 HUD No. 11-108, Shantae Goodloe, (202) 708-0685 HUD ACTS AGAINST PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION IN HOME MORTGAGES Actions involve settlement with compensation for victims, and enforcement action WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today

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 […]

Russman v Merrit

January 17, 2003 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, familial status, pregnancy

#W03-102 Russman v Merrit Ann Arbor Pregnant with her first child, Pamela Russman told the FHC she was denied the right to look at an apartment because she was expecting a baby. Testing supported her claim of discrimination based on familial status. Filed by FHC Cooperating Attorney Denise M. Heberle of Heberle & Finnegan, the […]

Bevins v Mick Apartments

January 17, 2002 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: familial status, Milan, pregnancy

#W02-83 Bevins v Mick Apartments Milan Christina Bevins was eight months pregnant with her first child when she contacted the FHC. She told FHC staff that the owners of Mick Apartments in Milan offered her an apartment and later turned her down because a baby would be living in the unit. Testing, and a taped […]

Faulk v Maes

January 1, 1994 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: familial status, pregnancy, Ypsilanti

#W94-04 Faulk v Maes Ypsilanti Stacey Faulk tried to rent an apartment near the EMU campus. She contacted the FHC to report that Barbara Maes turned her away after Faulk said she would share the unit with her new baby. FHC Cooperating Attorney Michael J. Steinberg filed suit after FHC attempts at conciliation were unsuccessful. […]