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An Important Step for Equal Opportunity

February 11, 2013 | Categories: News | Tags: Disparate Impact, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a final rule to standardize implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s discriminatory effects standard (HUD Press Release). Included in this rule is a confirmation that the Fair Housing Act may be violated by a housing practice that has a discriminatory effect even if the […]

HUD Enforces LGBT Rule for First Time

January 3, 2013 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: gender identity, lending, LGBT, mortgage, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

In a historic move, the Office of Housing and Urban Development settled its first action against a lender regarding the Equal Access Rule. The Rule (Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity) “prohibits lenders from basing eligibility determinations for mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) […]

DOJ: Not Okay to Just Claim “Senior Housing”

July 31, 2012 | Categories: Fair Housing Law, News | Tags: 55 and older, age, HUD, senior housing, U.S. Department of Justice, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

DOJ: You can’t just claim senior housing- you have to follow the guidelines. Santa Rosa homeowners assoc. pays $49,000.

April 11th- An Important Day in our Nation’s History

April 11, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: civil rights, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, fair housing month, HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Is your life different because of this legislation? #fhcmichigan

Michigan Agency Receives $185K for Fair Housing Education on Hate Crimes, LGBT Issues

February 10, 2012 | Categories: News | Tags: gender identity, HUD, LGBT, marital status, MDCR, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

According to yesterday’s HUD press release, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) received $185,000 to help communities and housing providers to better understand their fair housing rights and responsibilities, including the new regulation (reported on here yesterday) which ensures that HUD housing and programs are open to all families, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, […]

White House Blog Mentions 2007 FHC Same Sex Study

October 14, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Publications | Tags: blog, gender identity, gender non-conforming, HUD, Kenneth J. Carroll, LGBT, sexual orientation, Transgender, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, White House

In a White House blog post today Kenneth J. Carroll, Director of the Fair Housing Assistance Program Division at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced new and recent steps that HUD has taken to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons have equal access to housing with special attention […]

FHC Southeast Awarded $275,765.00 to Enforce Fair Housing Act

October 6, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (FHC) was one of 84 fair housing centers or nonprofits throughout the country to receive a funding award. The awards are funded through HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and will be used to investigate allegations of housing discrimination, and […]

New Protections Proposed for LGBT Individuals

September 26, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: civil rights, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, gender, gender identity, HUD, LGBT, marital status, sexual orientation, source of income, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Advocate.com Kerry, Nadler Propose Fair Housing Bill for LGBTs The Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act, or HOME Act, would amend existing federal law to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in housing and credit. By Andrew Harmon Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has introduced federal legislation to expressly prohibit anti-LGBT […]

HUD Says Fair Housing Program Effective

July 12, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: FHIP, HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Study of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, released June 6, 2011 Foreward (from the study) This evaluation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP) is the first major study of the program in 15 years. The study confirms that FHIP funding is a critical component of the U.S. civil […]

HUD Secretary Donovan Encourages Public Housing Authorities to Give Ex-Offenders Second Chances

June 24, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: criminal background, ex-offenders, HUD, PHA, Public Housing, Shaun Donovan, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD Secretary Shaun Donovon and Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Sandra Henriquez wrote a letter to the Executive Directors of the Country’s Public Housing Authorites (PHA’s) on June 17, 2011 encouraging them to help ex-offenders reunite with their families and get a second chance in life by using less restrictive tenant selection criteria. […]