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DI!'I'ROlf - Three la suit
Ii ve been recently filed in
etro-Detroit area charging
race disaimination, ccordiDg
to the F . Housing Center. The
sui are:
in excess of$2S0,OOO, turned out
to be an encounter with delays,
requests for additional informa­
tion, and finally, a refusal by the
owners to sell � property to
the plajntiffs.
The Farmer's allege, in their
uit filed in Feder District
Court, that the reason for the
delays' d ultimate refusal was
because the Farmers are Black
perso . Included among the
defendants are WESCO, Inc.,
Century 21 Today a d "Jack
Christensen ERA.
Testing by FHC provided
evidence to support the claim of
the plaintiffs. Attorney Charlie
C. Taylor is representing the
Farmers before Hon. Patrick J.
Duggan. A Cro Claim has
been filed by three of the defen­
dants (the agents and real estate
firm originally cont cted by the
Farmers) against the owners of
the property, charging that the
real estate firm had presented
the owners with "a buyer ready
LeG dV teryn
J ames LeG and had sought
to purchase a ome in Warren
in the fall of 1 . He found a
home that m t his require­
ments, made offer on the
property, an was then in­
formed that he owner had
decided not to 11 the property.
Investigation FHC provided
evidence to s port LeGrand's
claim of racia discrimination, a
lawsuit was lied in Federal
Court and Le rand continued
to look for ther housing in
Warren.
In 1989 h found another
he same street,
and, through s Attorney, Chui .
Karega, soug t and received a
Temporary R strainin Order
from Federa District Judge
Horace W. Gilmore, that
prohibited th owners Bohan
and Wal nty Pateryn, from
selling the pr perty to anyone
else until the atter has been
reviewed by · court.
In the mea time, LeGrand's
initial case ( Gr nd vs Cen­
tury21 Town' d Country) con­
tinues to wen its way toward
trial in Feder D' tria Court.
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In January, 1989 Louis and
Robyn Far er began the
process of purchasing a home in
F rmington Hill, Michigan.
What ppeared to be routine
tran ction for a home, priced
ehny Crpet
Kei -Do , et .•
Perr and Gwen Chaney
made full rice offer on a
S67,000 Sout field property
that they ho would soon be
their home. After a few d ys
,Ent
Save A Few is enlisting
juvenile offenders.
Executive Program Director
G. Alexander Church id the
. program aims to channel youth­
ful energies into cultural,
recre tional and academic ac­
tiviti as an option to a life of
crime.
"Our program focu on
providing youths 15 to 16 years
. of age with n altern tive
ether in school or out, with
low academic performance,
have committed repeated mi -
:'GeJ�anors, and are potentially .
. prison bound," Church said. '
.He » tudie conducted by
t Ational Juvenile ) u tice .
. �eparUnent revealed th t
education and higher es­
teem are direct correlatio to
breaking the mode fo career
criminals.
Church refer to SAP #
two year prOSJ'am that req ..
tteDdaDce for . ho
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t ey were informed that the
qwner rejected their FHA
financed offer, prefering in­
stead VA financing,
The Chaney'S a Black
uple, allege that ne rly a
onth later the property was .
s ill available through the re 1
estate firm and with an FHA
ortgage. Testing ny FHC
provided further evidence to
support the claim of racial dis­
crimation made by the Chaney's
in Wayn County Circuit Court.
Attorney Mark Magidson is
repre nting the plantiffs.
I For more information col/the
Fair Housing Center at (313)
963-1274 .
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ConUnued rro P 5
When will there be African
head coaches 10 the NFL be­
sides Art Shell? For certain,
until Gene Upshaw nd the
Players Association makes this
a priority, the number of
African Americans even inter­
viewed will be small.
When will there be African
owner in the NFL? Once gain,
when ever Gene Upshaw and
the Players Association makes
this a priority.
When will there be an
African head of the Player As-
oci tion? Well actu Jly Gene
U pshaw is already in pi ceo
Gene, do the correct thing.
Take ch· rge. Be t qu rter­
back,
EngJi 11, ciencc, tudies,
and. elf warcne . He a the
elf awarcne io includ
drug awareness, grooming,
hygiene, job readine s skill ,
peer coun lin, nutrition and
ht lth. .
Church says th A cour­
ses, ught by retired teach rs
from the board of education,
include cultural experien­
ces tied into- other community­
based organizations, as well as
field trips in the city and sur­
rounding areas.
.Churc maintain that the
progr m will curb rep of­
fender and career crimin , in
breaking the link between
juvenile and ha dcore
prisoner , in s bilizi family
structure, nd in rcducin high
chool dr out r te .
Church project torwar the
end f th two y' peri d, t
le two/third of the tudcnts
will gr duate . h a high sch 1
certificate nd grade point
aver· ge is o n tional norm,
-wiII.be . ful yemployed
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