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Mission Statement
The mission of the Fair Housing Center of Washington is to
assure equal access to housing, and other related services, to
the residents of Washington. The organization will achieve this
purpose through education, investigation, and enforcement of
applicable laws.
Board of
Directors
Nick Leider, President
Carol Mitchell, Vice President
Carolyn Weisz, Treasurer
Rhonda Brown
Laurie Jinkins
Rabbi Bruce Kadden
Annika Asma Simmons
Staff
Lauren
Walker, Executive Director
Katy Sheehan,
Investigator/Educator
Brian Tran, Investigator/Educator
Christa Lenssen, Fair Housing Specialist
Amory Ballantine,
Fair Housing Specialist
Julie Nelson,
Administrative Intake Assistant
Kaylie Rainier, Fair Housing
Assistant
Awards
Date: 07/30/10
Award: Champion of the Community Award
Awarder: Center For Independence
Awardee: Fair Housing Center
of Washington
Date: 06/26/07
Award:
Spotlight on Business Award
Awarder: Tacoma Pierce County
Chamber
Awardee: Fair Housing Center of Washington
Date:
03/12/07
Award: Non Profit Excellence Awards Innovation Award
Awarder: The Dimmer Family Foundation
Awardee: Fair
Housing Center of Washington
Date: 2005
Award: Community
Services Award
Awarder: Pierce County Department and
Community Services
Awardee: Lauren Walker
Date: 06/16/04
Award: Fair
Housing Initiative Award Innovation Award
Awarder: U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development of
Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
Awardee: Fair Housing
Center of Washington
History
The Fair Housing Center of Washington (Fair
Housing Center) is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that has
been in existence since 1981 as Tacoma/Pierce Counties Community
Housing Resource Board (CHRB) and in 1995 became a fully
operational Qualified Fair Housing Organization. The Fair
Housing Center serves western and central Washington by
accepting and investigating complaints of housing
discrimination, conducting training and education for housing
providers and housing consumers to prevent and address housing
discrimination. In addition the Fair Housing Center conducted
rental, sales and mortgage lending testing and prepared
“Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice” (AI) for
entitlement jurisdictions along with other specialized
contracts. The agency has also been involved in programs that
cover the State of Washington and HUD’s Region X.
Service Area
Employment Resources
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Fair Housing Center of Washington