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African-American Family Hopes for Justice in Fair Housing Case

January 5, 2015 | Categories: About FHC, Fair Housing Law, Press Release | Tags: Civil Rights Act, color, Fair Housing Act, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, race, Tomkowiak, Ypsilanti Township

The Fair Housing Center has aided in the filing of a race discrimination lawsuit against a property in Ypsilanti Township, MI. The lawsuit alleges that a white tenant attacked a black teenager, yet the black family faced eviction within two days of the incident, while the white family did not receive an eviction notice until after […]

DOJ: Citizens Republic Settles Race-Discrimination Allegations

May 6, 2011 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: civil rights, color, fair housing, race, U.S. Department of Justice

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Thursday, May 5, 2011 Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. and Citizens Bank Regarding Alleged Lending Discrimination in Detroit Settlement Provides $3.6 Million to Ensure Equal Lending Services to African-American Community

National Fair Housing Alliance Investigation Uncovers Discrimination in Real Estate Owned Properties in Communities of Color

April 29, 2011 | Categories: News, Press Release | Tags: color, NFHA, Real Estate

National Fair Housing Alliance investigation Uncovers Discrimination in Real Estate Owned Properties in Communities of Color

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 […]