Farrah Wilder
Executive Director, Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit
Farrah Wilder is the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s newly appointed Executive Director. She has extensive experience as a civil rights attorney, real estate agent, organizational consultant, and REALTOR® association executive. She began her legal career at Equal Rights Advocates, where she supported tradeswomen and worked on Wal-Mart v. Dukes, one of the largest gender discrimination cases in U.S. history. She later served with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, enforcing federal civil rights laws. Farrah is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin Law School. She is also an experienced fair housing educator, having co-authored a California Association of REALTORS® state-approved fair housing course taken by more than 15,000 REALTORS® annually.
She serves as the fourth Executive Director of the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit. Founded nearly 50 years ago, the Center is the oldest fair housing center in Michigan and is committed to enforcing fair housing laws and increasing housing opportunity throughout metro Detroit.
