HomeMy WebLinkAboutS Proclamation Fair Housing Month 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 in 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