HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-06-1999 - 5dORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. S~
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: Apri16, 1999
SUBJECT: Proclamation of April, 1999 as Fair Housing Month
DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) NQ
ATTACHMENT(S):
Proclamation
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annette M. Moore
TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2250
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 227-2031
PURPOSE: To recognize and celebrate April, 1999 as Fair Housing Month.
BACKGROUND: April, 1999 marks the thirty-first anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968, an occasion traditionally recognized and observed by many of the
citizens of Orange County as Fair Housing Month. The Human Relations Commission
again this yeaz calls upon the Orange County Board of Commissioners to officially proclaim
April as FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the
proposed proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign it.
PROCLAMATION
FAIR HOUSING MONTH
WHEREAS, April, 1999 marks the thirty-first anniversary of Title VIII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Federal Fair Housing Act, which
provides for equal opportunity for all people in the sale, rental,
and financing of housing, and prohibits housing discrimination on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; and
WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and
handicap to those classes protected by Title VIII and added strong
new rights, remedies, monetary penalties, and judicial and
administrative enforcement procedures; and
WI-~REAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners enacted the Orange
County Civil Rights Ordinance on June 6, 1994, which affords to the
residents of Orange County the protections guaranteed by Title VIII
and additionally encompasses the protected classes of veteran status
and age; and
WI~REAS, in spite of the protections afforded by the Orange County Civil
Rights Ordinance and Title VII as amended, illegal housing
discrimination still occurs in our nation and in our county;
NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the
month of April, 1999 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend
this observance to all Orange County citizens.
This the 6th day of April, 1999.
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Alice M. Gordon, Chair
Board of Commissioners