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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 1, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Proclamation Of Fair Housing Month In Orange County <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes zz No <br /> Human Relations Commission BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes No <br /> Housing and Community Development <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext. 2250 <br /> Tara Fikes, ext. 2490 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough- 732 -8181 <br /> Chapel Hill- 967-9251 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham- 688-7331 <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation officially recognizing April 1996 as Fair Housing <br /> Month in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: April has been designated nationwide as Fair Housing Month to bring <br /> awareness to the protections provided under the Federal Fair Housing Act. <br /> The Orange County Human Relations Commission enforces the Orange County Civil <br /> Rights Ordinance, which prohibits and addresses discriminatory housing practices. <br /> Further,the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department, as a <br /> recipient of Community Development funds and as a participant in other HUD funded <br /> programs, is required to inform the public of Federal and State fair housing protections. <br /> Therefore, in recognition of Fair Housing Month,these two county agencies present the <br /> following proclamation. The HRC staff will also present information regarding housing <br /> discrimination at the Orange Community Housing Corporation seminar for first-time <br /> home buyers on April 10th. [The Housing and Community Development staff has <br /> completed a preliminary assessment of"Impediments to Fair Housing"that exist in <br /> Orange County. The next step in the process is the development of an Action Plan to <br /> address the identified fair housing issues.] <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br /> proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign <br />