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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. V-0-
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 4, 1994
SUBJECT: Proclamation of Fair Housing Month in Orange County
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No
Human Relations Commission
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ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT:
. Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext 2251
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-4501
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
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PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation officially recognizing April
1994 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 seeks to
eliminate bias and discrimination in various areas
including housing. 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, and will provide area media with
information about fair housing laws and protections .
RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board of
Commissioners approve the proclamation and authorize
the Chair to sign.
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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
PROCLAMATION
FAIR HOUSING MONTH
WHEREAS April , 1994 marks the twenty-sixth 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 VIII and added strong new rights ,
remedies, monetary penalties and judicial and
administrative enforcement procedures; and
WHEREAS numerous studies have shown that housing
discrimination is as pervasive, if not more so, than
in 1968 , and far more insidious than ever before; 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 , 1994 as FAIR HOUSING
MONTH and commend this observance to all Orange County
citizens.
Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair
Board of Commissioners
P.O. BOX 8181 • HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA • 919/732-8181