• FREE!! Landlord Workshop in Kent, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 23^rd, 2009 at the City of Kent Council Chambers.  Click here for more information.

• HELP RESTORE OHIO’S FAIR HOUSING LAW

Ohio’s Fair Housing laws have been weakened by recent court decisions, and we need YOUR help to restore the laws so that they will be equal with federal regulations.  Fair Housing Contact Service is working with the Ohio Coalition to Restore Fair Housing (OCRFH) to advocate for the necessary changes in the Ohio Law.  At this time, we are asking all of the friends, family, and partners of Fair Housing Contact Service to join OCRFH in calling on the Ohio Legislature to pass legislation to restore Ohio’s fair housing law and once again make it equivalent to the federal Fair Housing Act.  Doing so not only protects Ohio residents from housing discrimination, but it also ensures that complaints filed by Ohioans are decided in Ohio, and it keeps Ohio from losing out on millions of dollars in federal support for this important work.

 We ask that you as an individual, as well as the organization you work with, sign on with Ohio Coalition to Restore Fair Housing.  CLICK BELOW TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Click here to sign the online petition to Congress!

• Thank you to all the runners, volunteers, and sponsors who helped make FHCS’s 20^th Annual 5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk a success!  The event was held on Saturday, April 18^th, 2009 at Sand Run Metro Park.  We had 75 runners participate in the 5K Race and a small gathering for the 1 Mile Run/Walk.  Please follow the links below to see a list of our Sponsors, view the race results, or download a zip file of more photos from the race. 
  - List of Sponsors

  - Race Results

  - Pictures from the Race (zip file)

         
                 ½ Mile into the 5K on a beautiful day                        Tracy Finn –5K Run –1^st Place Women’s Division at 22:36

           
   Josh Clemence–5K Run -1^st Place Overall at 17:33                     Our youngest 1 Mile runner at age 2 finishes strong

  
      Nicholas Beaven – 5K Run – Youngest 5K Runner at age 8 at 25:46

  
  Runners enjoy food and drinks after the race while winners are announced
   

• Housing Investigators needed!  Earn money and help fight housing discrimination!  Men and women are needed to become Fair Housing Contact Service (FHCS) testers.  To learn more about becoming a tester, contact FHCS at (330) 376-6191.

• FHCS’s 43^rd Annual Luncheon was held October 23, 2008.  Thanks to all who attended!  Present were representatives from local government, community members, business professionals, and people involved in all aspects of housing and community development.  This year’s “Spirit of Fair Housing” Awardees were long-time volunteer and late Board President, Rillis O. Moneypenny, Jr. and 2008 FHCS volunteer Cicely Bennett.  This year’s event titled, “Moving Forward, Looking Back: Forty Years of Fair Housing,” offered a retrospective of the accomplishments the Fair Housing movement has made since the inception of the Fair Housing Law in 1968 and a look to the work ahead of us to realize our common dream of a better future for the generations yet to come.  The keynote address was presented by Deputy Chief, Timothy Moran of the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section.  At the close of the event, FHCS Executive Director, Tamala Skipper, announced that the agency received an award from the US Department of Housing & Urban Development for $275,000.00 to fund the agency’s work under the Fair Housing Initiative Program – Private Enforcement Initiative. 

 

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