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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.

Job 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Annual 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.

Newsletter "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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Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.

Press 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.”