Fair Housing Centerof Metropolitan Detroit
June 17, 2019
Fair housing opens doors, leading to welcoming, inclusive and diverse communities.
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The Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit (FHCMD) extends its thanks and appreciation to the plaintiffs, testers, witnesses and attorneys who have assisted the cause of fair housing by participating in the following litigations.
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New Filing: PHYLLIS DAVIS v. ECHO VALLEY CONDO ASSOCIATION
Davis filed a complaint with FHCMD in June 2017. Shortly after that, FHCMD sent a Request for Reasonable Accommodation for Davis, who suffers from asthma and is a breast cancer survivor. -
New Filing: RAVI KAPUR, SUNANDA KAPUR AND ROHIT KAPUR v. EASTWAYS FARM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
FHCMD Cooperating Attorney reported that he filed a lawsuit on February 22, 2018 at the United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division federal court on behalf of Plaintiffs Ravi Kapur, Sunanda Kapur and Rohit Kapur against Defendants Eastways Farm Homeowners Association. This case was filed based on handicap (disability) and national origin discrimination in violation of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (“FHAA”).1 9., including Article 5 of the Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (“PWDCRA”), M.C.L. §§ 37.1101-37.1607, and the Michigan Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act, M.C.L. §§ 37.2101-37.2804 (“ELCRA”). 11.
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FHCMD would like to express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to the 2017
Sponsors and Donors who continue to encourage fairness and justice in housing.
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SUMMARY OF KEY FAIR HOUSING LAWS
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS OF 1866 and 1870
Passed at the conclusion of the Civil War, both Acts were intended to ensure that "all persons" in the United States shall have the same rights as is enjoyed by "white persons" to the "full and equal benefits of all laws and proceedings", including the rights to "inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property."
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UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION IS USUALLY HIDDEN
Research and housing investigations conducted by the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit (FHCMD) in the metro Detroit area indicate that approximately 40% of the time protected group homeseekers receive potentially unlawful differences in treatment by housing providers. The proper percentage of differences in treatment should be 0%.
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Latest Statistics
- Averaging over $33,000 per concluded litigation
- FHCMD has assisted in over 20 metropolitan areas in the US
- Since the formal inception of FHCMD in 1977.
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As a tester, you will pose as a typical home seeker and go through the process of inquiring about rental opportunities while keeping track of your experience.
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The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchase to the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit (FHCMD) when you shop at smile.amazon.com. You will receive the same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping as on Amazon.com, with the added benefit that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price. -
Call the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit at 313-963-1274 if you think you have been the victim of housing discrimination because you are an immigrant or a refugee, because of where you are from, or because of your religious faith.
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Facebook to stop ads that target, exclude races
Article from the November 11, 2016 USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to exclude specific racial and ethnic groups when placing ads related to housing, credit or employment. -
“Fair Housing: A Place to Call Home” Video
“Fair Housing: A Place to Call Home” tells of the creation of the Toledo Fair Housing Center as well provides a history of housing discrimination in the U.S. Local and national leaders in the fight for fair housing are interviewed and describe the importance enforcing fair housing laws. This wonderful, educational video is a must see. -
Foreclosures fuel Detroit blight, cost city millions
Article from the June 25, 2015 DETROIT NEWS Detroit — Subprime lending and bargain-basement sales of foreclosed homes by banks and other mortgage lenders have helped create miles of blight in Detroit and a half-billion dollar liability for the city. -
For sale: Detroit land bank seeks buyers for vacant houses
“Fahle says Detroit's land bank has perhaps more properties than any other in the world.” Read More Jason Margolis | NPR | June 11, 2015 -
How Detroit taught itself to demolish vacant houses safely
“Having completed a major overhaul of the demolition process, Detroit’s new demolition practices balance speed, cost and environmental performance.”Read More Cassie Owens | Next City *Underwritten by Community Progress | June 12, 2015 -
Definition and Description of Testing
"Testing may be described as a way of measuring differences in the quality, content, and quantity of information and service given to customers by real estate firms and rental property managers, attributable to a difference in race (or national origin, religion or sex -- whatever variable is being tested)..." -
Make A Difference By Becoming a Tester.
Testers are minorities and whites with the same financial qualifications who document whether housing providers treat equally-qualified people differently.
As a tester, you will pose as a typical home seeker and go through the process of inquiring about rental opportunities while keeping track of your experience.
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The evidence from the housing discrimination complaints filed with FHCMD by home seekers, from the "testing" conducted by the FHCMD, and from the statements provided by many housing providers who support fair housing laws and are willing to step forward to help expose violations of those laws, demonstrates that practices of unlawful housing discrimination continue and the services of FHCMD are needed. Your support as a complainant, a tester, a witness, a Cooperating Attorney, a researcher or as a financial contributor can help us reach the day when all persons have equal rights to the housing of their choice.