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[[ <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1 V--.4 <br /> P.O. Box 8181 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. <br /> 27278 <br /> Moses Carey,Jr. 732-8181 <br /> Alice M. Gordon 968-4501 <br /> Stephen H. Halkiotis 688-7331 <br /> Verla C. Insko 227-2031 <br /> Don Willhoit 644-3004 (Fax) <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> FAIR HOUSING MONTH <br /> WHEREAS, April, 1993 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Title <br /> VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Federal Fair <br /> Housing Act, which provided for equal opportunity for all <br /> Americans in the sale, rental and financing of housing <br /> and prohibited housing discrimination on the basis of <br /> race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added familial <br /> status and handicap to those classes protected by Title <br /> VIII and added strong new rights, remedies, monetary <br /> penalties and judicial and administrative enforcement [ <br /> procedures; and <br /> I <br /> WHEREAS, numerous studies have shown that housing discrimination L <br /> is as pervasive, if not more so, than in 1968, and far 1 <br /> 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 the <br /> rights of all; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners proclaim the month of April, 1993 as FAIR <br /> HOUSING MONTH and commend this observance and related <br /> activities to all Orange County citizens. <br /> I <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> YOU COUNT IN ORANGE COUNTY ! %it [' <br />