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WELCOME To THE BNI Website!

Dear Friends,

Please join Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) on May 21, 2013 for our annual meeting and fundraiser celebrating the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act. The evening’s Keynote Speaker will be Paulette Brown, JD, past president of the National Bar Association. Special awards will be presented to Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Raymond Skinner and University of Maryland/Carey School of Law Professor Barbara Bezdek. Refreshments (hors d'oeuvres and drinks) will be served during the fundraiser from 5:30-7:00 p.m., followed by BNI’s 54th Annual Meeting from 7:00-8:00 p.m. (no charge). We will conclude the evening with complimentary desserts and coffee.
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Tickets to the fundraiser event are $45.00 and sponsorships are available as follows:
  - Purchase $45 Tickets to the fundraiser
     
 		  
     
  - $1,500 - logo on fliers and program materials, etc. and 2 tickets
     
 		  
       
  - $2,500 - logo on fliers and program materials, etc. and 5 tickets
     
 		  
       
  - $4,500 logo on fliers and program materials, etc. and 10 tickets
     
 		  

 

For more information, or to purchase tickets, please contact me.

Robert J. Strupp

Executive Director		    
   
 

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April 2nd 2013
Free Fair Housing Accessibility Training
Sponsored by Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.

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June 2012
HUD Issues Rule on sexual orientation/Gender Identity

This article comes from the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s newsletter of Fair Housing News, June edition. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has recently issued a rule entitled Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. According to the HUD memo, the Rule:

• "Requires entities assisted by HUD or insured by FHA to make housing available without regard to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status;
• Clarifies that the definition of "family" and "household", which identifies who is eligible for HUD's core programs, includes persons regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status;
• Prohibits HUD-assisted and HUD-insured entities from inquiring about an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity for the purpose of determining eligibility or otherwise making housing available, Prohibits FHA approved lenders from basing eligibility determinations for FHA-insured loans on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity."

Federal Fair Housing Laws prohibit discrimination in housing if based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability status. Michigan Fair Housing Laws prohibit discrimination based on the Federal laws and adds prohibitions in housing discrimination based on marital status or chronological age. Neither federal nor state laws prohibit housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Thirteen Detroit-area local governments do prohibit discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation, including: Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Detroit and Huntington Woods. Federal Fair Housing Laws prohibit discrimination in housing if based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability status. Michigan Fair Housing Laws prohibit discrimination based on the Federal laws and adds prohibitions in housing discrimination based on marital status or chronological age. Neither federal nor state laws prohibit housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Thirteen Detroit-area local governments do prohibit discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation, including: Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Detroit and Huntington Woods.

 

 

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