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National Fair Housing Testing Expert Speaks in Ann Arbor

March 8, 2019 | Categories: About FHC, News, Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor State Bank, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, Fred Freiberg, housing, Mckinley, PNC Bank, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development

The Fair Housing Center (FHC) will host its 6th Annual Fair Housing Breakfast on March 21st at Weber’s Inn. Fred Freiberg, Executive Director of the Fair Housing Justice Center in New York, is the guest speaker for the charity event. Mr. Freiberg is one the nation’s leading experts on the use of undercover testing as an investigative tool to enforce civil rights laws. His talk is titled: “Fair Housing: With All Deliberate Lethargy.”

Attorney and Criminal Background Trainings Funded by United Way

November 9, 2018 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: attorney, Cooperating Attorney, criminal background, grant, housing, training, United Way, United Way of Monroe/Lenawee Counties, United Way of Washtenaw County

The Fair Housing Center has received two new grants from the United Way. The first grant is from the United Way of Lenawee/Monroe Counties in support of our Fair Policy, Fair Chance program. With these funds we will conduct community-based education sessions on the topic of criminal background and housing rights in Lenawee County. The second, from the United Way of Washtenaw […]

Criminal Background and Housing Info Session

August 3, 2017 | Categories: Events | Tags: criminal background, fair housing, Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan, housing, HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Heard This? “We have a blanket ‘no felony’ policy” “If you served time in the last 20 years, we won’t take you” “We don’t even look an application if you have a criminal record” “Arrested? You can’t live here” If any of these comments affect your life (or the lives of your family and friends) […]

New Rule Bans Landlords from Blanket Denials Based on Criminal Background

April 13, 2016 | Categories: Fair Housing Law, News, Press Release | Tags: criminal background, disability, fair housing, housing, HUD, national origin, race, Reasonable Accommodation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Center of Southeast & Mid Michigan PO Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (877) 979-FAIR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Press Release PDF April 12, 2016 For more information, contact: Kristen Cuhran, (877) 979-3247 New Rule Bans Landlords from Blanket Denials Based on Criminal Background On April 4, 2016, the United States Department of Housing and Urban […]

Michigan Radio Interviews FHC’s Kristen Cuhran

May 1, 2013 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: discrimination, gender identity, housing, LGBT, Michigan Radio, sexual harrassment, sexual orientation, tester, testing

New Michigan Radio Series Looks at Legal LGBT Discrimination in Michigan – FHC staff Kristen Cuhran interviewed.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Forming in Metro Detroit

September 22, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, housing, race

Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion to Establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission