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s Y <br /> 1TR J C ! <br /> s <br /> n <br /> a�P7 sec n� <br /> HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> WHEREAS April , 1994 marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of <br /> Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the <br /> Federal Fair Housing Act, which provided for equal <br /> opportunity for all Americans in the sale, rental and <br /> financing of housing and prohibited housing <br /> discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, <br /> sex, age or national origin; and <br /> WHEREAS the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added <br /> familial status and handicap to those classes <br /> protected by Title VIII and added strong new rights, <br /> remedies, monetary penalties and judicial and <br /> administrative enforcement procedures; and <br /> WHEREAS numerous studies have shown that housing <br /> discrimination is as pervasive, if not more so, than <br /> in 1968, and far more insidious than ever before; and <br /> WHEREAS illegal barriers to equal opportunity in housing that <br /> diminish the rights of some of our citizens, diminish <br /> the rights of all ; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County <br /> proclaim the month of April , 1994 as FAIR HOUSING <br /> MONTH and commend this observance to all Orange County <br /> citizens. <br /> Mos s Carey, Jr. , Cha ' <br /> Board of Commissions <br /> P.O. BOX 8181 • HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA • 919/732-8181 <br />