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PROCLAMATION <br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> WHEREAS, April, 1997 marks the twenty-ninth anniversary of Title VIII of the <br /> Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Federal Fair Housing Act, which <br /> provided for equal opportunity for all Americans in the sale, rental <br /> and financing of housing and prohibited housing discrimination on <br /> the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial status and <br /> handicap to those classes protected by Title VII and added strong <br /> new rights, remedies, monetary penalties and judicial and <br /> administrative enforcement procedures; and <br /> WHEREAS, although there is evidence that significant progress has been made in <br /> ensuring equal opportunity in housing for all Americans, recent studies <br /> have shown that housing discrimination remains a pervasive and <br /> insidious problem faced by millions of Americans because of their <br /> race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, familial status, veteran's <br /> status, or disability; and <br /> WHEREAS, illegal barriers to equal opportunity in housing that diminish the <br /> rights of some of our citizens, diminish the rights of all; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the <br /> month of April, 1997 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance <br /> to all Orange County citizens. <br /> This the 16th day of April, 1997. <br /> William L. Crowther, Chair <br /> Board of Commissioners <br />