FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE PAMPHLET

Item

Title

FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE PAMPHLET

Description

Pamphlet explaining the new Fair Housing Ordinance that had been passed by Detroit’s Common Council in late 1967. Before this law, nothing in Detroit legally prevented sellers, landlords, and real estate agents from denying housing to someone due to race or ethnicity. Source: Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Records, Box 27, folder 27.

Subject

Detroit--Race relations | Housing | Detroit--social conditions | Discrimination in housing--Michigan

Source

Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Records

Publisher

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.

Date

c. 1967

Rights

When this material is shared, credit shall read: Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

Relation

Digital Master Record

Identifier

UR000267_27_27.main

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