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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. 5-b
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 16, 1997
SUBJECT: Proclamation Of Fair Housing Month In Orange County
DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes xx No
Human Relations Commission BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes No
Housing and Community Development
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ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext. 2250
Tara Fikes, ext. 2490
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough - 732 -8181
Chapel Hill - 967-9251
Mebane - 227-2031
Durham - 688-7331
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PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation officially recognizing April 1997 as Fair Housing
Month in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: April has been designated nationwide as Fair Housing Month to bring
awareness to the protections provided under the Federal Fair Housing Act.
The Orange County Human Relations Commission enforces the Orange County Civil
Rights Ordinance, which prohibits and addresses discriminatory housing practices.
Further, the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department, as a
recipient of Community Development funds and as a participant in other HUD funded
programs, is required to inform the public of Federal and State fair housing protections.
Therefore, in recognition of Fair Housing Month, these two county agencies present the
following proclamation.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the
proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign.
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PROCLAMATION
FAIR HOUSING MONTH
WHEREAS, April, 1997 marks the twenty-ninth anniversary of Title VIII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Federal Fair Housing Act, which
provided for equal opportunity for all Americans in the sale, rental
and financing of housing and prohibited 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 VII and added strong
new rights, remedies, monetary penalties and judicial and
administrative enforcement procedures; and
WHEREAS, although there is evidence that significant progress has been made in
ensuring equal opportunity in housing for all Americans, recent studies
have shown that housing discrimination remains a pervasive and
insidious problem faced by millions of Americans because of their
race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, familial status, veteran's
status, or disability; and
WHEREAS, illegal barriers to equal opportunity ill housing that diminish the
rights of some of our citizens, diminish the rights of all;
NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the
month of April, 1997 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance
to all Orange County citizens.
This the 16th day of April, 1997.
William L. Crowther, Chair
Board of Commissioners