00997.xml MINNESOTA FAIR HOUSING CENTER: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by David B. Peterson December 15, 2011 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Fair Housing Center. Minnesota Fair Housing Center records. 1991-2003. Materials in English. Minutes, administrative records, and publications of a Twin Cities-based nonprofit organization, incorporated in 1992, that promoted compliance with fair housing laws through research, education and advocacy. Lawrence A. Winans served as the last exective director of the organization, which was dissolved about 2005. 1.0 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder in partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: African Americans -- Minnesota -- Housing. Discrimination in housing -- Minnesota. Housing -- Minnesota. Nonprofit organizations -- Minnesota. Persons: Winans, Lawrence A. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Fair Housing Center. Minnesota Fair Housing Center records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,569

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007457615

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 129.E.4.4F 1 Administrative records: Amended bylaws, June 13, 1996. Policies and procedures manual, June 1996. Minutes, 1991-2002. 10 folders. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1995-2002. News release and attachments, December 5, 1997. Open Doors, undated.

Single issue of a Center publication.

 Reports and presentations: Analysis of impediments to fair housing in St. Cloud, Minnesota, undated. Bias crimes and their effect on housing choices: affirmatively furthering fair housing through the use of criminal statutes, undated. In search of the American dream: a report on lending discrimination in the city of Minneapolis, undated. Analyzing impediments to fair housing choice in Hennepin County, MN, Fall 1995. Analysis of impediments to fair housing choice in the city of Minneapolis, February 1996. Housing discrimination: a report on the rental practices in two Minneapolis communities, December 1996; second printing, January 1998. Report on the fair housing audit of the Highland Park Community in the city of St. Paul, November 1997. Fair housing audit: a community audit testing for racial bias in rental housing in the cities of Bloomington, Burnsville and Saint Cloud, December 1997. An evaluation of Minnesota's analyses of impediments to fair housing choice. Draft version, January 1998. An evaluation of Minnesota's analyses of impediments to fair housing choice, May 1998. Fair housing audit: a community audit testing for bias against families with children and the mentally disabled in the city of Saint Cloud, September 1998. Building inclusive communities, September 18, 1998. Hate crimes/bias incidents: a challenge to inclusive communities, April 27, 1999. Fair housing law: an overview, November 12, 1999. In search of the American dream: a report on lending discrimination in the city of Minneapolis, 2000. Planning fair housing activities for small cities, April 2001. Fair housing: a community audit testing for racial and national original bias, October 2001. St. Cloud report, 2003. 132.H.6.1B-2 2 Posters, undated. 13 items.

Prepared by the MFHC and/or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.