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Fair housing organizations file complaint against large regional property management company

July 13, 2016 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Central Ohio Fair Housing Association, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, familial status, HUD complaint, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Today we joined the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan (FHCWM) and three other fair housing groups to announce the filing of a fair housing complaint against AMP Residential, an Indianapolis-based property management company that owns and operates over 8,000 rental housing units in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama. In each of the 20 properties named in the […]

New Media Coverage on FHC Complaint Against Ypsilanti Township Policy

May 31, 2016 | Categories: Media, News, Press Release | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, HUD, Township of Ypsilanti, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ypsilanti Township

The Fair Housing Center filed a complaint with HUD in January, 2016, regarding the Township of Ypsilanti’s ban on Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8). Our position is that the township’s rules disproportionately impact minorities, women, disabled residents and women with children – all groups protected under the Fair Housing Act. “Ypsilanti Township hires new attorney to […]

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 […]

FHC Awarded Nearly $1,000,000 to Fight Housing Discrimination

October 20, 2014 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, FHIP, funding, grant, HUD, Michigan, Michigan fair housing centers, PEI-MYC, Private Enforcement Initiative, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

On October 15, 2014, the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan received notice of a three-year grant totaling $974,832 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

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 […]

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 […]

Fair Housing Center Settles Ann Arbor Disability Case for $39,500

June 28, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: disability, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, HUD, Renaissance Community Homes, Scio Farms Estates, Sun Community Homes, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (877) 979-FAIR, info@fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2013, Ann Arbor MI For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch (877) 979-3247 FAIR HOUSING CENTER SETTLES ANN ARBOR DISABILITY CASE FOR $39,500 “LIVE-IN” LEASING POLICY UNFAIRLY APPLIED, DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ANN ARBOR – The Fair Housing Center (FHC) of […]

HUD Study Confirms Equality Still Needed

June 21, 2013 | Categories: News, Press Release, Publications | Tags: Fair Housing Act, gender identity, HUD, LGBT, lgbt equality, sexual orientation, Transgender, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Discriminatory Treatment Found Towards LGBT Community in Housing Market

Fact Sheet on HUD’s Equal Access Rule

June 12, 2013 | Categories: News, Publications | Tags: Equal Access Rule, equality, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, gender identity, HUD, LGBT, lgbt equality, marital status, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

In March, 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new regulations to ensure equality for LGBT people in housing. HUD published a rule (discussed here previously) that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status in HUD housing and programs (any housing providers that receive HUD funding, have loans insured by […]