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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 […]

Fair Housing Center Resolves First Lawsuit in Shiawassee County – Reasonable Accommodation Granted to Corunna Resident

March 25, 2022 | Categories: About the FHC | Tags: corunna, disability, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, litigation, Reasonable Accommodation, Shiawassee County

We are pleased to announce that a new fair housing disability discrimination lawsuit was settled in the Eastern District of Michigan by FHC Cooperating Attorney Daniel Gwinn. Our complainant accepted a monetary settlement and was given her reserved accessible parking space and sign. This is the first FHC-aided fair housing complaint in Shiawassee County. “Settlement reached after elderly woman […]

New Fair Housing Disability Lawsuit Settled in Livingston County

April 24, 2020 | Categories: About the FHC | Tags: assistance animals, disability, Disability Rights, Emotional Support Animal, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid MichiganPO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 26, 2020 Media Contacts: Pam Kisch, (734) 272-8383; Attorney Francyne Stacey, (734) 545-4883A copy of the filed complaint is available upon request. New Fair Housing Lawsuit Settled in Livingston County Scott Lorms settled his lawsuit […]

FHC Sues City of Howell

February 4, 2020 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Dane Law, disability, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, fair housing for all, Howell, Pitt McGhee Palmer Rivers, Relman Colfax, Sober Living

City of Howell Sued for Obstructing Housing for Women Recovering from Substance Use Disorders On January 27, 2020, Amber Reineck House, its Founder and President, Courtney Atsalakis, and the Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan filed a disability rights lawsuit against the City of Howell and two of its officials for engaging in […]

MSU Tiny Rabbit Case Resolved

November 26, 2019 | Categories: Litigation, Press Release | Tags: Alpha Omicron Pi, disability, Disability Rights, east lansing, Emotional Support Animal, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Michigan State University

Civil Rights Demands Change at MSU Sorority According to the complaint taken by the FHC in the fall of 2017, although Kayla Hicks’ need for an emotional support animal was well documented, East Lansing sorority Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) refused to allow her to live with her emotional support animal, a two-pound Netherland Dwarf Rabbit […]

New Fair Housing Disability Lawsuit Filed in Livingston County

August 26, 2019 | Categories: About FHC | Tags: assistance animal, disability, Disability Rights, Emotional Support Animal, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Livingston County, Livingston Daily

Scott Lorms has filed a federal lawsuit based on disability discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit states that T & R Properties and Zahler Management denied him the right to rent an apartment with his emotional support animals (ESAs). Mr. Lorms has a disability as defined under the Fair Housing Act. According to […]

New Fair Housing Lawsuit Filed Against MSU Sorority

December 7, 2018 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Alpha Omicron Pi, assistance animal, disability, Disability Rights, Emotional Support Animal, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Federal Court, Kerry Morgan, Michigan State University

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan PO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR www.fhcmichigan.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3rd, 2018 Media Contacts: Pam Kisch, (877) 979-3247; Attorney Kerry L. Morgan, (734) 281-7100 A copy of the filed complaint is available upon request. New Fair Housing Lawsuit Filed Against MSU Sorority Kayla […]

FHC Settles Case for Wheelchair User Forced to Crawl into Home

October 11, 2017 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: disability, Disability Rights, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Group Five Management, Ramp, Randolph Court, Sarah Tankson, Wheelchair

We are pleased to report that Tankson v Randolph Court Apartments has settled. Sarah Tankson, who has a debilitating neurological disorder known as dystonia and uses a wheelchair, contacted the Fair Housing Center in January 2017 for help with a request for reasonable accommodation. Prior to signing a lease at Randolph Court in Ann Arbor, she […]

New Federal Fair Housing Complaint Filed Against Ann Arbor Property

April 13, 2017 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: Ann Arbor, civil rights, disability, fair housing, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Ramp, reasonable modification, Steve Tomkowiak

Management delays ramp installation, forces woman to crawl into home. The Fair Housing Center has initiated a fair housing discrimination lawsuit based on disability against Group Five Management Company and TG Properties LLC, the owners of Randolph Court Apartments in Ann Arbor. Read the full press release here. Since age 4, Sarah Tankson has suffered […]

New Fair Housing Case Filed on Behalf of Wheelchair User

April 11, 2017 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, Channel 7 Detroit, disability, Disability Rights, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Group Five Managment, Ramp, Reasonable Accommodation, reasonable modification, Sarah Tankson, Steve Tomkowiak, WXYZ

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan PO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Press Release PDF Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Media Contacts: FHC Staff Niki Green (877) 979-3247, Attorney Steve Tomkowiak (248) 543-1600. A copy of the filed complaint is available upon request. New Fair Housing Case […]