Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council

Fair Housing enforcement program - provides complaint intake and investigative services to persons who allege violations of local, state, and federal Fair Housing laws. The organization conducts investigations into systemic forms of discrimination in the Housing market and maintains a pool of volunteers who assist in Fair Housing enforcement activities. The organization received 244 Housing discrimination complaints in 2022.

Inclusive communities program - provides technical assistance to community organizations, developers, and local policy makers on inclusionary Housing policies and the promotion of racial and economic integration. The organization provides assistance with consumers' access to pro-integrative Housing choices and conducts research, analysis, and documentation of Fair and affordable Housing opportunities and impediments. In 2022, the organization continued operation of opportunity mke, a Housing mobility program with the goal of helping families find Housing in low-poverty communities. The opportunity mke program served 150 families in 2022.

Fair Housing outreach and education program - provides presentations and seminars to community-based organizations, social service agencies, educational institutions, advocacy groups, neighborhood organizations, religious congregations, and the general public. In 2022, the organization conducted 77 Fair Housing presentations, reaching almost 1,200 individuals. Almost 200 Housing providers attended the 24 training seminars mmfhc conducted in 2022. Collectively, these individuals own or manage thousands of rental units. Outreach and education staff also participated in 45 community meetings, and provided information and referral services to over 403 callers with non-fair Housing inquiries.

Fair lending program - promotes Fair lending and foreclosure prevention and seeks to eradicate predatory lending practices and mortgage rescue scams. Monitors financial institutions' Fair lending practices and community reinvestment act activities, and provides technical assistance and education for lenders, partner agencies, and the general public. Fair lending program staff attended over 250 community meetings and events in 2022.