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Ypsilanti resident urges Council to add nondiscrimination protections for family and relationship structures
Summary
At the November meeting, resident Melissa Pickett described being denied housing and employment because of her polyamorous family structure and asked the Human Relations Commission to consider recommending city antidiscrimination language that covers family and relationship structure.
Melissa Pickett, a resident of Ypsilanti Township who works in the City of Ypsilanti, told the Human Relations Commission she experienced repeated housing and employment discrimination because of her family and relationship structure and asked the commission to consider expanding local nondiscrimination protections.
“I was turned away multiple times for multiple different rental properties, because of the makeup of my family…
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