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PROCLAMATION <br />FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br />WHEREAS, April, 1998 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the <br />Federal Fair Housing Act, which provides for equal opportunity for all people in the sale, <br />rental and financing of housing, and prohibits housing discrimination on the bases of race, <br />color, religion, sex, age or national origin; and <br />WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and handicap to those <br />classes protected by Title VIII and added strong new rights, remedies, monetary penalties <br />and judicial enforcement procedures; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners enacted the Orange County Civil Rights <br />Ordinance on June 6, 1994 which affords to the residents of Orange County the protections <br />guaranteed by Title VIII and additionally encompasses the protected classes of Veteran <br />status and age; and <br />WHEREAS, in spite of the protections afforded by the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance and Title <br />VIII as amended, illegal housing discrimination still occurs in our nation and in our county; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the month of April, 1998, <br />as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance to all Orange County citizens. <br />This the 7th day of April, 1998. <br />M aret . Brown, C air <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners ' <br />