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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.
Mos s Carey, Jr. , Cha '
Board of Commissions
P.O. BOX 8181 • HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA • 919/732-8181