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40 Years of Change: Bill Tisdale participates in Community Shares video10/6/2011: 40 Years of Change
Fair Housing Council President & CEO, Bill Tisdale, participates in a Community Shares video describing the past 40 years of change in social and economic equality.

download newsletter summer 2011Newsletter Summer 2011
The Fair Housing Council's quarterly newsletter providing rich content on your rights and the laws that protect them.
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download annual report 2010Annual Report 2010
The Fair Housing Council's annual report. As you review this report, you will see that the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) accomplished a great deal in 2010. As a result of MMFHC’s work, thousands of Wisconsin residents have been assisted with fair housing and fair lending, complaint intake and case management, education and outreach, training and technical assistance, and much, much more.

download job announcement: JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: PROGRAM SERVICES COORDINATOR width=Job Announcement May 25, 2011: Program Services Coordinator
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) is seeking a Program Services Coordinator to provide an array of fair housing services to persons residing in Dane County through its satellite office in Madison, Wisconsin.

JS Online: Mostly white on purposeJS Online 3/26/2011: Mostly white on purpose
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The document is riddled with bureaucratese. But put into clear English, here's what a discrimination complaint filed recently against Waukesha County says: Waukesha County and its cities, towns and villages are overwhelmingly white – on purpose.

JS Online: A regional challengeJS Online 3/25/2011: A regional challenge
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Discrimination charges leveled against Waukesha County need to be taken seriously – but they are indicative of a larger problem that demands to be addressed by the region.

download press release: Mortgage Rescue Scams Resolved: Fair Housing Council Helps Borrowers width=Press Release 3/21/2011: Mortgage Rescue Scams Resolved: Fair Housing Council Helps Borrowers
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Like millions of Americans, Judith Volovsek and Judie Papadakis faced problems making mortgage payments and feared losing their homes. They sought the help of companies that advertised easy and effective ways to help them. Unfortunately, these companies were mortgage rescue scam operations, which took their money, but took no action to help them.

download press release: Fair Housing Council Files Discrimination Complaint Against Waukesha County width=Press Release 3/16/2011: Fair Housing Council Files Discrimination Complaint Against Waukesha County
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) has filed a complaint with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) alleging that Waukesha County has engaged in illegal housing discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin, and that the County has violated HUD’s mandate to affirmatively further fair housing.

download article: HUD Complaint, 3/15/11: Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council v. Waukesha County, WisconsinHUD Complaint, 3/15/11: Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council v. Waukesha County, WI
Full Housing Discrimination Complaint against Waukesha County, WI, submitted March 15, 2011.

download article: Collaboration makes UW – Milwaukee dorm more accessibleCollaboration makes UW – Milwaukee dorm more accessible
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) has successfully collaborated with the City of Milwaukee to improve housing accessibility for persons with disabilities.

download press release: Fair Housing Council Staffer Receives “Forty Under 40” Award for LeadershipPress Release 1/31/2011: Fair Housing Council Staffer Receives “Forty Under 40"
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Kori Schneider Peragine has been recognized as one of the Business Journal “Forty Under 40,” a prestigious award bestowed upon up-and-coming community leaders in metropolitan Milwaukee. Despite her youth, Schneider Peragine has been a longtime leader on housing justice issues in our region.

download press release: Local Fair Housing Council Leader Appointed to State Advisory Committee of US Commission on Civil RightsPress Release 1/27/2011: Local Fair Housing Council Leader Appointed to State Advisory Committee of US Commission on Civil Rights
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – William R. Tisdale, head of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) for nearly 30 years, has been appointed a member of the Wisconsin State Advisory Committee (WSAC) to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

JS Online: Milwaukee tops segregation studyJS Online 12/14/2010: Milwaukee area tops Brookings segregation study of census data
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Burdened by history and shaped by demography, Milwaukee remains one of the most racially segregated large metropolitan areas in the nation, according to U.S. census data released Tuesday and analyzed by the Brookings Institution.

download press release: GAO HUD ReleasePress Release 10/18/2010: GAO finds HUD, Local Governments, need to do a better job to affirmatively futher fair housing
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – On Friday the U.S. Government Accountability Office released its report on Housing and Community Grants. The GAO found – and put as the main conclusion on the title page of the report – that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Needs to Enhance Its Requirements and Oversight of Jurisdictions' Fair Housing Plans.”

download press release: HUD Release KuiperPress Release 10/21/2010: GAO finds HUD, Local Governments, need to do a better job to affirmatively futher fair housing
Washington – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has charged Sharlene and Jerald Kuiper, managers of a three-bedroom duplex apartment in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, and the owner of the apartment, Kuiper Family Trust, with violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing to show an available apartment to a family with children.

Join Us at Community Shares' Annual Awards EventJoin Us at Community Shares' Annual Awards Event
Join Community Shares of Wisconsin and Community CHIP for an evening of friends, food, and philanthropy: Thursday, October 14, 5-7 p.m., at Monona Terrace in Madison. Advocacy, activism, and community organizing are hallmarks of the 66 member nonprofits - including the Fair Housing Center of Greater Madison - that are part of CSW and Community CHIP. Our groups have transformed our community over the years and with your help they will continue to build a more equitable, sustainable future for us. We hope you can attend. For more information, click here.

download newsletter summer 2010Newsletter Summer 2010
The Fair Housing Council's quarterly newsletter providing rich content on your rights and the laws that protect them.
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download annual report 2009Annual Report 2009
The Fair Housing Council's annual report. As you review this report, you will see that the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) accomplished a great deal in 2009. As a result of MMFHC’s work, thousands of Wisconsin residents have been assisted with fair housing and fair lending
complaint intake and case management, education and outreach, training and technical assistance, and much, much more.

Video 02/09/2010: Appleton Discrimination Case
Green Bay, Wisconsin – Channel 5 News talks to a Fair Housing client about a $22,500 race discrimination settlement in Fox Valley.

download job announcement Program Services CoordinatorJob Announcement 01/26/2010: Program Services Coordinator Employment Opportunity
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) is seeking a Program Services Coordinator to provide an array of fair housing services to persons residing in Dane County through its satellite office in Madison, Wisconsin. The mission of MMFHC is to promote fair housing throughout the State of Wisconsin by combating illegal housing discrimination, and by creating and maintaining racially and economically integrated housing patterns.

download press release: Appleton Race Discrimination Complaint SettlesPress Release 01/22/10: Appleton Race Discrimination Complaint Settles
Madison, Wisconsin – Appleton, Wisconsin - Lakisha Jackson, an African American resident of Appleton, has settled a race-based housing discrimination complaint against Alice and David Evers and their business, Evers Rentals, of Combined Locks, Wisconsin. The Evers, who own 24 three-bedroom duplexes in the Appleton area, will pay Jackson $22,500 to settle the complaint.

download press release: Madison Family Status Complaint SettlesPress Release 01/12/10: Madison Family Status Complaint Settles
Madison, Wisconsin – The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council has prevailed in a fair housing complaint against Madison landlords Gordon, Elizabeth and Bruce Becker, the owners and managers of the Lexington Green apartment complex on Heritage Circle. The Beckers compensated MMFHC $4710 for costs incurred while investigating discrimination against families with children, and paid MMFHC’s attorney’s fees.

download annual report 2008Annual Report 2008
The Fair Housing Council's annual report. As you review this report, you will see that the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) accomplished a great deal in 2008. As a result of MMFHC’s work, thousands of Wisconsin residents have been assisted with fair housing and fair lending
complaint intake and case management, education and outreach, training and technical assistance, and much, much more.

download press release: Kanita BrawleyNewsletter "Fair Housing Keys": Summer 2009
The Fair Housing Council's quarterly newsletter providing rich content on your rights and the laws that protect them.
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download press release: Kanita BrawleyPress Release 12/18/08: Kanita Brawley Settlement
West Allis, Wisconsin – Kanita Brawley has settled a housing discrimination complaint against the Joseph Peltz Trusts and Crystal Sahr, the owners and manager of rental housing in West Allis. Brawley alleged that co-trustees of the Peltz Trusts and their property manager, Crystal Sahr, hadillegally denied her the opportunity to rent an apartment based on the presence of children in her household.

download press release: Steiner and AssociatesPress Release 04/30/08: Steiner + Associates
The Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council and National Fair Housing Alliance today filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against
Steiner + Associates, a national developer of town centers that contain retail, residential and office spaces.

download press release: Tisdale wins awardPress Release 03/18/08: Tisdale Wins NCRA Award
Milwaukee, WI – William R. Tisdale, head of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) for over 25 years, has been awarded the National Community Reinvestment Award in recognition of his local, regional and national leadership on fair housing.

download press release: Silkey Doss SettlementPress Release 03/10/08: Silkey/Doss Settlement
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – A settlement was reached at the end of February in a federal housing discrimination lawsuit that alleged homeowner Edith Halvorsen, her real estate broker, Phyllis Hasenstab, and Hasenstab’s employer, RE/MAX Realty 100, had illegally denied Tami Doss, who is African-American, the opportunity buy Halvorsen’s home.

download press release: Donna RichPress Release 11/28/06: Donna Rich Settlement
Oshkosh, Wisconsin – Donna Rich, a white woman with three biracial children, has reached a settlement of a housing discrimination complaint against Oshkosh landlords Arlene Redmann and Orley Nelson.

download press release: Silkey Doss LawsuitPress Release 11/07/06: Silkey/Doss Lawsuit
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The U.S. Department of Justice filed a racial discrimination lawsuit late last week against homeowner Edith Halvorsen, her real estate broker, Phyllis Hasenstab, and Hasenstab’s employer, RE/MAX Realty 100. The suit is brought on behalf of Tami Doss, an African-American woman who was a potential buyer for Halvorsen’s home, and Doss’s real estate agent, Margaret Silkey.

download press release: Mary MarshPress Release 10/11/05: Mary Marsh Settlement
Mary Marsh, an African American Deforest resident, has successfully settled a race discrimination complaint against Lee W. Merrick, a Dane County landlord. Marsh’s complaint,
filed with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in March of this year, settled for $80,000.

download press release: James KrahnPress Release 06/05: James Krahn
West Allis, Wisconsin – The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) and three individual African American testers have settled a lawsuit against the owner and managers of an apartment building at 11208 West National Avenue in West Allis.

download press release: Darci FrederickPress Release 04/28/04: Darci Frederick Settlement
Apartment owner Cecilia Pope of Fort Atkinson has paid $15,650 to settle a fair housing complaint filed by Darci Frederick with the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). Frederick alleged that Pope violated the Federal Fair Housing Act by evicting Frederick and her 2-month-old child on the basis of familial status.

download press release: Simret AbrahaPress Release 04/22/04: Simret Abraha Settlement
Simret Abraha, an African American student at the University of Wisconsin, has successfully settled a race discrimination complaint against apartment owner William Titley. While the exact monetary terms of the settlement are confidential, Abraha calls the settlement “very satisfactory.”

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