Your membership of the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit is a tangible demonstration of your support and commitment to equal housing opportunities. As a member, you agree to fully support the Center’s mission of ensuring equal access to housing without discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), familial status, disability, and all other protected class categories under federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws and ordinances.
Your membership, in turn, provides several benefits including:
- Fair Housing Advocacy and Enforcement. The Center is one of the nation’s leading fair housing enforcement organizations. The Center and its team of cooperating attorneys have decades of successful experience in fair housing litigation and enforcement and in the resolution of housing disputes. As an individual or organizational member of the Fair Housing Center, you agree with and consent to the Center's continued actions in initiating and prosecuting court and administrative actions to remedy fair housing violations that have adversely impacted its members.
- Annual Meeting & Strategic Planning. Individual and organizational members of the Fair Housing Center are entitled to notice of our Annual Meeting of the Members and have voting rights as to annual agenda items, selection of Board Members, and other community-based fair housing planning items addressed during our annual meetings.
- Fair Housing Updates. All members will be kept up to date with the latest developments in fair housing compliance and best practices.
- Fair Housing Materials. All Members will have access to all informative fair housing materials, including brochures, information packets, referral packets, etc. These materials may be freely shared to help educate the public as to current fair housing laws, regulations, policy statements, and court decisions, as well as best practices in fair housing compliance.
- Fair Housing Training. All members will receive priority for all fair housing training events, with discounts for such trainings.
- Acknowledgements. All individual and organizational members of the Fair Housing Center, and sponsorships, will be listed on the Center’s website, unless anonymity is requested.
Membership is effective for a period of three (3) years. Individual and organizational memberships are available at the following annual contribution rates:
$ 50 Individual Membership
$ 100 Organizational & Contributing Membership
Upon request, the membership fees may be waived by the Center's Board.
Sponsorships are available at the following levels:
$ 500 Supporting Sponsorship
$1,000 Bronze Sponsorship
$2,000 Silver Sponsorship
$5,000 Gold Sponsorship
$10,000 Platinum Sponsorship
For additional information on individual and organizational membership or for sponsorships, please contact our Executive Director (Steve Tomkowiak), our Board Treasurer (Lucy Maddox), or Chair (Karlynne Tucker Scaggs).
