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What is the Fair Housing Center?

The Fair Housing Center of West Michigan (FHCWM) is a private, non-profit organization established in 1980 to ensure equal housing opportunity as guaranteed under federal, state, and local fair housing laws. That purpose is accomplished through the Center's continuing operation of programs directed at enforcement and education, based on Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act (amended 1988), commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based upon race, color, religion, gender, familial status, national origin, and/or disability status; the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act further prohibits discrimination based upon marital status and age, and local ordinances prohibiting discrimination based upon sexual orientation and source of income. Click here for examples of housing discrimination.

Throughout Michigan, the FHCWM works cooperatively with governmental and community-based agencies to further fair housing goals. The FHCWM investigates claims of illegal housing discrimination, assists claimants in litigation and/or administrative enforcement action, conducts testing to determine compliance with federal and state laws and provides practical education to rental, sales and lending professionals, any organization or professional with a role in the housing industry and home-seekers. The FHCWM serves Allegan, Ionia, Isabella, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola and Ottawa Counties.

What is Fair Housing?

Fair Housing is the right of individuals to obtain the housing of their choice (rent an apartment, buy a home, obtain a mortgage, buy homeowners insurance, etc.), free from discrimination based on the protected classes listed above.

***** Training & Events *****

2012 Fair Housing Training Schedule
Save the Date: April 18, 2012 - 25th Annual Fair Housing Event

New! Tester Training Opportunities

Fair Housing Book Clubs
February 7 , 2012 - FHCWM in Grand Rapids:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
February 9 , 2012 - Disability Network/Lakeshore:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
March 6, 2012 - FHCWM in Grand Rapids:
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
March 8 , 2012 - Disability Network/Lakeshore:
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

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