***** News & Reports *****

Click here for the FHCWM's 2009 Annual Report.

National Fair Housing Alliance Report
FOR RENT: NO KIDS!
How Internet Housing Advertisements
Perpetuate Discrimination

Click here for the FHCWM Addendum.

Missed even one house payment? Don't wait:
Foreclosure Response connects residents with community resources and advocates for change to stop foreclosures in Kent County.

National Commission on Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity Release a Report on:
THE FUTURE OF FAIR HOUSING
Click the title for the full report or below for:
Executive Summary

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.

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 *****

Save the Dates!
September 29, 2010 - 4th Annual Breakfast in Holland
Please join us as our guest - RSVP required:
Registration Form

November 17, 2010 - 4th Annual Members & Friends Lunch Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary

2010 Fair Housing Training Schedule

Tester Training Opportunities

Fair Housing Book Clubs
September 21, at FHCWM Grand Rapids:
Not a Genuine Black Man by Brian Copeland

September 23, 2010 at Disability Network/Lakeshore
in Holland: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt

Books We've Read to Date

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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