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2005 Fair Housing Month Awardees


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We will be recognizing three outstanding individuals for their contributions to fair housing at an awards ceremony being held at HUD headquarters in Washington, DC on April 4, 2005: Christopher Kui, Executive Director of Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), Nancy Kenyon, Executive Director, Fair Housing of Marin in California, and Stacy Peardon, a real estate agent in St. Claire Shores, Michigan.

SAMUEL J. SIMMONS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

[Photo: Christopher Kui, Samuel J. Simmons Lifetime Achievement Awardee.] Christopher Kui, Executive Director of Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) in New York, began working with AAFE in 1976 and became executive director in 1992. AAFE advocates for social justice and equal opportunity in addition to developing affordable housing and providing assistance to the Asian immigrant community in New York City with accessing social services, starting small businesses, and understanding the home buying process. As executive director, Mr. Kui has raised over $50 million to build 500 units of housing for low-income individuals.

PIONEER AWARD RECIPIENT

Nancy Kenyon, Executive Director, Fair Housing of Marin in California, is recognized for her pioneering work in the area of racial discrimination in senior housing facilities. Ms. Kenyon designed and conducted an audit of local residential care facilities, which found evidence of differential treatment favoring white testers in 60 percent of the sites tested. Several organizations have conducted similar surveys as a result of this study.

COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENT

Stacy Peardon, a real estate agent in St. Claire Shores, Michigan, demonstrated exceptional courage when three white men threatened to "get her" for showing homes in a predominantly white community to her African American clients. Ms. Peardon reported the incident to the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, who referred the case to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. One of the men was criminally charged and sentenced to one year of home confinement and one year of probation.

Content updated March 14, 2005

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