What
is the Fair Housing Center?
The
Fair Housing Center (FHC) of West Michigan 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 FHC works cooperatively with governmental and community-based agencies to further fair housing goals. The FHC 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.
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.
Fair Housing Center of West Michigan
Announces Startling Increase in
Housing Discrimination
See
Press Release Here for Details
Our 2007 Annual Report is now available!
Our
Home, Donated By Chase...
See pictures here!
Located on the Corner of...
20
Hall Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Tel: (616) 451-2980, Toll Free: 1-866-389-FAIR
Fax: (616) 451-2657 email: contact-us@fhcwm.org