Title
Resolution proclaiming April 2009 as Fair Housing Month in Lake County, Illinois.
Body
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, of which Title VIII declared that the law of the land would now guarantee the right of equal housing opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the Congress subsequently passed the Fair Housing Amendments of 1988, which further extended the rights guaranteed under Title VIII; and
WHEREAS, fair housing groups, such as the Fair Housing Center of Lake County, have been formed to investigate allegations of illegal housing discrimination; and
WHEREAS, Lake County has provided Community Development Block Grant funds for the operation of the Fair Housing Center of Lake County; and
WHEREAS, equal housing opportunities should be available for all citizens and should be achieved throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, national fair housing and civil rights organizations have designated the month of April as Fair Housing Month.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED, that the month of April 2009, be designated as Lake County Fair Housing Month.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on this 17th day of March, A.D. 2009.