
Michael D. Mitchell & Associates
Civil Rights Professional, Attorney, Consultant, Advocate
Fair Housing, Fair Lending, Community Development
My professional life is dedicated to addressing issues of social and economic justice. I express this commitment by working to ensure that underserved communities, vulnerable consumers and communities of color have access to the near limitless opportunities of American life free of discrimination.
During my career I have developed new programs, led cutting edge initiatives, managed organizational growth and change, and been one of the leading “private attorney generals” enforcing and advancing the Nation’s fair housing and lending laws in creative ways, including participating in some of the largest and most impactful fair housing settlements in the insurance and lending fields.
Michael D. Mitchell
Fair Housing Experience
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Managed testing program involving rental, sales, insurance, public accomodations
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Acted as “private attorney general” enforcing fair housing law
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Developed full service fair housing organizations
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Engaged in fair housing planning
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Conducted accessibility site surveys
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Conducted national media campaigns
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Established new fair housing centers
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Built collaborative partnerships with the housing and lending industries
Fair Lending Experience
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Managed national fair lending testing program
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Managed over 25 national HUD FHIP grants:
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Private Enforcement Initiatives (PEI)
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National Educational and Outreach Initiative (NEOI)
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Fair Housing Organizational Initiative (FHOI)
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Transformational Initiative (TI)
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Served as a leading national "private attorney general” enforcing fair lending laws
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Filed over 100 fair housing and fair lending complaints with HUD
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Held lenders and Wall Street accountable under the Fair Housing Act
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Provided compliance services to major lenders
Technical Assistance
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Built technical capacity of organizations to engage in fair housing/lending by:
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expanding fair lending enforcement capabilities
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developing, expanding, and improving testing and complaint management programs
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Some of the organizations that i have partnered with, provided compliance services for, or expanded the technical capaity of, include:
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The Border Fair Housing and Economic Justice Center
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The South Carolina Fair Housing Center
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Westchester Residential Opportunities
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Equal Rights Center
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Metropolitan St. Louis EHOC
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The Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston
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Global Network Community Development Corporation
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Colorado Civil Rights Division, Tennessee Human Relations Commission
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DC Office of Human Rights
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Countywide and Full Spectrum Lending
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NRT/Realogy
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Household Finance
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