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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No.ZV.I. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Proclamation - Fair Housing Month <br /> DEPARTMENT: Human Relations Comm. PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: x <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucy Lewis, <br /> Proclamation Extension 2251 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a proclamation officially recognizing April 1993 <br /> as Fair Housing Month in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: April has been designated nationwide as Fair Housing Month <br /> to bring awareness to the protections provided under the <br /> Federal Fair Housing Act. <br /> The Orange County Human Relations Commission seeks to <br /> eliminate bias and discrimination in various areas <br /> including housing. Further, the Orange County Housing and <br /> Community Development as a recipient of Community <br /> Development funds and a participant in other HUD funded <br /> programs is required to inform the public of Federal and <br /> State fair housing protections. <br /> Therefore, in recognition of Fair Housing Month, these two <br /> agencies along with the Chapel Hill Department of Housing <br /> and Community Development and the Carrboro Planning <br /> Department are sponsoring a "Fair Housing and Lending Laws <br /> Forum" targeted to professionals in the real estate and <br /> financial community on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at the <br /> Homestead Community Center from 1:00 to 3:00pm. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners <br /> approve the proclamation and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />