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PROCLAMATION '
• .-'April 11,2013, mazks the' 45th anniversary of the passage of the U.S. Fair
` Housing Law, Title V111 of the Civil Right's Act of. 1968, as amended, _
.which enunciates a national policy of Fair. Housing without regard to race,
color, creed, national origin, sex, familial status; and handicap, and
encourages fair housing opportunities for all citizens
f~' Q • . The City of Ashland is committed to highlighting the Fair. Housing Law,
Title-VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, by continuing to address
discrimination in our community, to support programs that will educate the
'public about the;right to equal housing opportunities, and to plan
:partnership efforts, with bther organizations'to,help assure every citizen of.~
their right to fair housing.
NOW, THEREFORE;` tfi6 City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, hereby proclaim the, month of Ap012013 as, ,Fair Housing Mont
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_ and hereby urge all citizens to join in this observance by resolving to fight .
discrimination in their daily lives and by making themselves aware of the Fair .
R0. Housing Law and the"ways in which it applies' to our, community
Dated this.l6`h day of April, 2013
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Jo Stro erg, Mayor -
Barbara Christensen. City Recorder
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