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R E S O L U T I O N
Fair Housing Ordinance Anniversary
WHEREAS, on April 11, 1968,-the United States adopted Title 8
of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and declared: "It is the policy of the
United States to provide, within Constitutional limitation, for fair
housing throughout the United States"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston on April 29,
1968, adopted the Fair Housing Ordinance of the City of Evanston; and
WHEREAS, the City Council declared it is the policy of the
City to promote and protect fair housing throughout the City and to
acknowledge the value of diversity within our community; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston Human Relations Commission is
responsible for the enforcement of the Fair Housing Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston Fair Housing Ordinance and the
enforcement activity of the Human Relations Commission have been
nationally recognized by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the Evanston Fair Housing
Ordinance, the City Council and the Human Relations Commission have
renewed the commitment to fair housing by amending the Ordinance to
prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual
orientation, marital status, disability, familial status or national
origin; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston and its Human Relations
Commission has taken a leadership role with other communities in the
Chicago metropolitan areas and the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development in furthering Fair Housing opportunities in
Evanston and the Chicago metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, April 29, 1993, is the Twenty -Fifth Anniversary of
the Evanston Fair Housing Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the month of April 1993, has been declared Fair
Housing month by the United States,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City
of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois:
Section 1. That the City of Evanston and its Human
Relations Commission acknowledge and commemorate the Twenty -Fifth
Anniversary of the adoption of the "Evanston Fair Housing Ordinance" and
the fair housing enforcement and education performed by the Human
Relations Commission.
Section 2. That the City of Evanston and its Human
Relations Commission recognize and declare April 1993 Fair Housing Month
in the City of Evanston.
Section 3. That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Section 4. That this Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by
law.
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Adopted:
, 1993
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