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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-e <br /> SUBJECT: Fair Housing Month Proclamation <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights, and Community Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Audrey Spencer-Horsley, Director, <br /> Fair Housing Month Proclamation 919-245-2492 <br /> James E. Davis, Jr., Civil Rights <br /> Specialist, 919-245-2488 <br /> PURPOSE: To proclaim April as Fair Housing Month in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: The month of April is National Fair Housing Month. April 2016 will mark the <br /> 48th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the 22nd <br /> anniversary of the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. These laws grant every person a <br /> right to live where they choose, free from discrimination on the basis race, color, national origin, <br /> sex, religion, familial status, or disability. <br /> The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has chosen "Shared Opportunity in <br /> Every Community' as the 2016 Fair Housing Month theme. The chosen theme expresses the <br /> ideal of fair and equal housing opportunities in every community. <br /> Established in 1987, the Orange County Human Relations Commission (HRC) is charged with <br /> enforcing the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance that prohibits discrimination in housing and <br /> public accommodations on the basis of race, age, sex, religion, familial status, national origin, <br /> color, veteran's status and disability. <br /> The Department of Housing, Human Rights and Community Development and the HRC will <br /> engage in fair housing activities, conferences and training sessions during the month of April in <br /> observance of Fair Housing Month. The Department will also participate in community outreach <br /> programs to present information about the federal and local fair housing laws. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the consideration of the <br /> proclamation. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Social Justice Goal is applicable to this agenda <br /> item: <br />