HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-07-1998 - 5dORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
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ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 7,1998
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION FOR APRIL, 1998 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH
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DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations
PUBLIC HEARING: _ Yes XX No
BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED
_ Yes XX No
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ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Proposed Proclamation Quinton Baker, Chair
Human Relations Commission
Oliver Melvin, Acting Dir. Ext. 2252
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough - 732 -8181
Chapel Hill - 967-9251
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
PURPOSE: To recognize and celebrate April, 1998 as Fair Housing Month.
BACKGROUND: April, 1998 marks the thirtieth 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 year calls upon
the Orange County Board of Commissioners to officially proclaim April as FAIR HOUSING
MONTH.
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, 1998 mazks the thirtieth 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 bases 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 enforcement procedures; and
WHEREAS, 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 guazanteed by Title VIII and additionally encompasses the protected
classes of Veteran status and age; and
WHEREAS, in spite of the protections afforded by the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance
and Title VIII 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, .1998, as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance to all
Orange County citizens.
This the 7th day of April, 1998.
Mazgazet W. Brown, Chair
Boazd of Commissioners