Services:

Volunteer

The Fair Housing Center of
Southwest Michigan is seeking
volunteers to assist in the office.

Help is needed to assist with office
duties such as processing mailings,
answering the telephones and other
tasks.  If you would like to volunteer,
please contact the nearest Fair
Housing Center in your community.
Get Involved

Testers needed!  Earn money and help fight housing discrimination!  Men
and women are needed to become Fair Housing Center testers. To learn
more about becoming a tester, contact the Fair Housing Center at (269)
276-9100 or toll free at (866) 637-0733.


The Fourth Annual
Fair Housing Conference

Raising the Standards and
Taking a Stand!
Making Fair Housing a
Community Priority

April 13, 2007

Greater Kalamazoo Association
of REALTORS
®


The conference was designed for
Realtors, mortgage lenders,
rental property owners and the
public at large.  

Keynote Speaker:
Professor F. Willis Caruso,
John Marshall Law School



Sessions:
“Fair” Housing for Who?  
Panel of Experts:  Honorable
Paul J. Bridenstine, 8th District
Court,   Paula Novess, Director of
Standards, Compliance and
Procedure, GKAR, Pat Maye, Fair
Housing Specialist, Fair Housing
Center of Southwest Michigan,
Tim Me
ulenberg, Housing
Inspector, City of Kalamazoo,
Barb Kries, Property Manager,
B&R Management Services.
Fair Housing Laws, who and how
they effect the real estate
business. Answering questions
on what is legal and illegal in the
housing trade.

Fair Housing Laws and
Practices:  
Cathy Cloud, Vice President,
National Fair Housing Alliance,
Washington, DC.

Predatory Lending:
   Prof. F. Willis Caruso, John
Marshall School of Law, Carolyn
Gardner, CEO, United Savings
Credit Union, Dean Fiegel,
Account Manager, First National
Bank.
What is, why it happens, how to
spot and avoid predatory lending?

Contact Theresa Hochmuth for
more information on the
conference
Services




"Injustice anywhere is
a threat to justice
everywhere."

Martin Luther King, Jr.








            (MSHDA)








Thank you to our
2007 Conference Sponsors!