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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 […]

Criminal Background and Housing Info

January 6, 2021 | Categories: About the FHC | Tags: criminal background, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing law, housing discrimination, HUD, landlord, latino, race, tenant, tenant rights

“We have a ‘no felony’ policy.” “If you served time in the last 20 years, we won’t take you.” “We don’t even look at an application if you have a criminal record.” “Arrested? You can’t live here.” If you’ve heard any of those statements (or others), call the Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

African-American Family Hopes for Justice in Fair Housing Case

January 5, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, Fair Housing Law, Press Release | Tags: Civil Rights Act, color, Fair Housing Act, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, race, Tomkowiak, Ypsilanti Township

The Fair Housing Center has aided in the filing of a race discrimination lawsuit against a property in Ypsilanti Township, MI. The lawsuit alleges that a white tenant attacked a black teenager, yet the black family faced eviction within two days of the incident, while the white family did not receive an eviction notice until after […]

Racial Dot Map

July 24, 2014 | Categories: Media, News | Tags: census, census data, cooper center, demographics, race

Demographic researchers at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service have used the 2010 Census Block Data to produce an interactive map that plots a dot for every person in

Criminal Background, Arrest and Conviction Record and Fair Housing

June 12, 2014 | Categories: About FHC, Fair Housing Law, Publications | Tags: arrest record, civil rights, conviction record, criminal background, criminal background check, Disparate Impact, ex-offenders, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Harvard Law Review, HUD, John Relman, Michael Allen, Public Housing, race, racial disparity, tenancy selection, U.S. Department of Justice, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

This article was originally published in our Spring 2014 Newsletter. The United States Department of Justice advises that more than 650,000 ex-offenders are released from prison every year1, and social scientists and legal scholars now estimate up to 65,000,000 people are living with a criminal conviction in the U.S.2 A high percentage of those 65 million […]

RACE: Are We So Different? Exhibit Coming to U of M in February, 2013

June 26, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: race, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History

The University of Michigan will be hosting the “RACE: Are We So Different” traveling exhibit (a project of the American Anthropological Association) at the Museum of Natural History from 2/8/2013 – 5/27/2013. In February of 2012, the Museum of Natural History began preparing for the exhibit’s arrival through a three pronged approach: education at the University […]

FHC book groups read Them by Nathan McCall, June 2012

May 17, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: book group, books, class, integration, Nathan McCall, race, Them

FHC book groups read Them by Nathan McCall. Them captures the dynamics of class and race in today’s urban integrated communities. June 26 Ann Arbor, June 27 Lansing. Pick up your book soon and join us! Brown bag lunch discussions.