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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 […]

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 […]

Salinsky v Courthouse Square

January 17, 2007 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, disability, Reasonable Accommodation

#W07-11 Salinsky v Courthouse Square Ann Arbor As a reasonable accommodation of his disability, Warren Salinsky asked Courthouse Square to move him to the 10th floor where there are no smokers. The managers said no, but a letter from FHC changed their minds. Mr. Salinsky was told that the only open unit (Unit A) had […]

Simpson v Arbor Apartments

January 17, 2007 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, familial status

#W07-101 Simpson v Arbor Apartments Ann Arbor Dawn Simpson told the FHC that an agent from Arbor Apartments said that she and her toddler son could not share a one bedroom apartment. Testing, and advertising on their website supported a claim discrimination based on familial status. FHC Cooperating Attorneys Jonathan Weber filed suit on behalf […]

Fjellman v Forest Hills Cooperative

January 17, 2006 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, disability, Reasonable Accommodation

#W06-47 Fjellman v Forest Hills Cooperative Ann Arbor Forest Hills Cooperative started eviction proceeding against Gwen Fjellman based the behavior of her disabled child. Legal Services of South Central Michigan requested that Forest Hills drop the eviction plan as a reasonable accommodation of the child’s disability. When the request for reasonable accommodation was refused, FHC […]

Frye v Parkway Meadows

January 17, 2004 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, disability, Reasonable Accommodation

#W04-14 Frye v Parkway Meadows Ann Arbor Carol Frye has a disability. When she could no longer manage without a wheelchair, she made a written request to Keystone Management for a ramp to the entrance of her apartment. She also requested an accessible shower. In a letter denying her request, the regional property manager states […]

Keck v Kensington Court

January 17, 2004 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Ann Arbor, race

#W04-88 Keck v Kensington Court Ann Arbor Alfreda and Devon Keck filed a racial discrimination suit against Kensington Court Hotel, located at 610 Hilton Boulevard in Ann Arbor, MI. The African-American couple went to Kensington Court to book their wedding reception and hotel rooms for October 2005. When the Keck’s attempted to book the facilities […]

Russman v Merrit

January 17, 2003 | Categories: Litigation | Tags: Ann Arbor, familial status, pregnancy

#W03-102 Russman v Merrit Ann Arbor Pregnant with her first child, Pamela Russman told the FHC she was denied the right to look at an apartment because she was expecting a baby. Testing supported her claim of discrimination based on familial status. Filed by FHC Cooperating Attorney Denise M. Heberle of Heberle & Finnegan, the […]

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 […]

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