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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 […]

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.

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 […]

Herring v Ludwig

January 1, 2000 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: age, Ann Arbor, student status

#W00-61 Herring v Ludwig Ann Arbor Sean Herring told the FHC he was refused an apartment reserved for “graduate students only”. The UM undergraduate contacted the FHC for an investigation of age discrimination. FHC testing found that the Ludwigs were willing to show the apartment to older undergraduates (in their 30′s and older) while undergraduates […]

Robinson v Anderson

January 1, 1992 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: age, Ypsilanti Township

#W92-15 Robinson v Anderson Ypsilanti Township Ashaki Robinson reported that she was denied an apartment because she was a student. Robinson worked with FHC Cooperating Attorney Douglas Mullkoff to file a suit claiming discrimination on age. Court: State Result: Dismissed