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Alexander: Prisoners Must Be Counted When Looking at U.S. Segregation

February 20, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Alexander, criminal background, equality, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, segregation

Michelle Alexander, author of the The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [this month’s FHC book group choice], recently wrote a piece on Time.com titled “The Myth of Desegregation: A recent study claims segregation has hit the lowest point in a century. Here’s why it’s premature to celebrate”. Alexander argues that the […]

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Forming in Metro Detroit

September 22, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, housing, race

Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion to Establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

DOJ: Citizens Republic Settles Race-Discrimination Allegations

May 6, 2011 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: civil rights, color, fair housing, race, U.S. Department of Justice

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Thursday, May 5, 2011 Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. and Citizens Bank Regarding Alleged Lending Discrimination in Detroit Settlement Provides $3.6 Million to Ensure Equal Lending Services to African-American Community

Settlement Reached in Fair Housing Case, The Ann Arbor Chronicle

July 8, 2010 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Ann Arbor, ann arbor chronicle, news, race, testing

Settlement Reached in Fair Housing Case -Fair Housing Center, feds charge racial bias at Ann Arbor complex Read the article at: ann arbor chronicle article By JUDY MCGOVERN

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 […]

New Bias Suit Filed Against Ivanhoe Apartments

July 21, 2009 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, race

FAIR HOUSING CENTER of Southeastern Michigan P.O. Box 7825 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (734) 994-3426 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org NEW BIAS SUIT FILED AGAINST IVANHOE APARTMENTS Fair Housing Center Alleges Race Discrimination FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pam Kisch, (734) 994-3426 July 21, 2009 After several years of testing Ivanhoe Apartments for possible violations of fair housing […]

Hatch v Flying Dutchman

January 1, 2008 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: ann arbor township, race

#W08-28 Hatch v Flying Dutchman Ann Arbor Township FHC Cooperating Attorney Jonathan G. Weber filed suit on behalf of the Hatch family in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The suit, filed on February 15, 2010, was assigned to Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. Testing by the Fair Housing Center supported […]

FHC v Ivanhoe House Apartments

January 1, 2008 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, race, U.S. Department of Justice

#W08-40 FHC v Ivanhoe House Apartments Ann Arbor After several years of testing Ivanhoe Apartments for possible violations of fair housing law, the FHC filed suit against the owner and resident manager of the housing complex. To investigate allegations of race discrimination the FHC sent African-American and white test teams to Ivanhoe Apartments. Testing evidence […]

Ann Arbor Race Discrimination Case

May 10, 2007 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, color, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, Town and Country

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2007 For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch, Fair Housing Center of Washtenaw County (734)994-3426 and/or Steve Tomkowiak, (248) 543-1600 Ann Arbor Race Discrimination Case: Ann Arbor Apartment Complex Has Now Been Sued Twice The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan has filed suit against Town and Country Apartments in Ann […]

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 […]

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