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REALTORS® Stand Up Against Housing Discrimination

January 20, 2021 | Categories: About the FHC | Tags: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors, Chelsea, Dexter, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Milan, Real Estate, Realtor, Realtors, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township

The Ann Arbor Area Board of REALTORS® (AAABoR) is partnering with the Fair Housing Center to support the 2021 REALTORS® for Fair Housing Campaign. “We are asking local REALTORS® to publicly pledge their support for the letter and the spirit of fair housing law,” said Tom Renkert, Chief Executive Officer, Ann Arbor Area Board of […]

March Housing Advocates Training Registration Now Open

January 9, 2020 | Categories: Events | Tags: fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing advocates training, landlord tenant law, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, social work, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti

Housing Advocates TrainingMarch 11 & 12, 2020, Ypsilanti Update: Fees go up on February 26th! This two-day training is an excellent resource for anyone working as an advocate (clients/consumers also welcome). Housing Advocates Training (HAT) is a full day, Welfare Policy Seminar (WPS) is an optional three-hour session. Trainers include staff and attorneys from the Fair Housing Center […]

WEMU 89.1 Airs Story on Fair Housing

December 18, 2018 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: Ann Arbor, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Jorge Avellan, Pam Kisch, Sarah Tankson, Washtenaw County, WEMU

Listen now. Reporter Jorge Avellan talks with FHC complainant Sarah Tankson about her disability rights case and Director Pam Kisch weighs in on the current state of fair housing in Washtenaw County.

Housing Advocates Training, May 2018

March 21, 2018 | Categories: About FHC, Events | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing advocates training, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Michigan Poverty Law Program, social work, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti

Housing Advocates Training heads to Ypsilanti on May 9th and 10th. The event is full and registration is now closed. This two-day training is an excellent resource for anyone working as an advocate (clients/consumers also welcome). Day one is an optional three-hour session; day two is a full day of training. Trainers include staff and attorneys from […]

The WIMBY Pledge

December 2, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: diversity, donate, Equity, member, Summit on Equity, Washtenaw County, WIMBY

This is a page from the Winter of 1994. In response to hate crimes in Ann Arbor, our office worked with community leaders to start the WIMBY campaign (Welcome in My Backyard). We asked people to sign on to this Pledge and place a poster in their window indicating to the public their commitment to […]

2nd Annual Fair Housing Breakfast A Success

March 4, 2015 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: #fhcbreakfast2015, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor State Bank, Charles Reinhart Company Realtors, civil rights, event, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Breakfast, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Flagstar Bank, fundraiser, Huron Valley Financial, Jason Reece, Kirwan Institute, MB Financial Bank, Mckinley, Michigan Realtors, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, MSHDA, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Zingerman’s Community of Businesses

Our guest speaker for this year’s event was Jason Reece from the Kirwan Institute. Mr. Reece’s talk “Place, Housing & Opportunity: Fair Housing for Supporting Thriving Families and Communities” covered housing and health equity, the need for fair housing testing, and high quality housing in high opportunity areas for all. You can view slides from […]