HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2022-027 - Declaring April as “Fair Housing Month” u�sozuTloN No. �a�z-az7
A RESOLUTION {)F THE CITY COUNCIL t)F THE CITY OF
REI}DING DECLARING APRIL AS "FAIR HOUSII�G MONTH"
WHEREAS, Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act {Federal Ilousing Law) prohibits
discrimination in the sale, rental, leasing and financing of housing or land to be used for the
construction of housing or in the provision of brokerage services because af race, colar, ancestry,
national origin, religion, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, physical disabilities
(including AIDS), gender, age, and marital/familial status; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Redding to implement programs to ensure equal
oppo�tunity in housing for a11 persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion,
actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity,physical disabilities (including AIDS), gender,
age, and maritallfamilial status; and
WHEREAS,the City of Redding wi11 assist all persons,wha feel they have been discriminated
against because af race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, actual or perceived sexual
orientation, gender identity, physical disabilities (including AIDS), gender, age, and maritallfamilial
status to seek equity under Federal and State laws by providing informational material and the
necessary forms to file a complaint with the Califarnia Department of Fair �Iousing or the U.S.
Department af Housing and Urban Development; and
WHEREAS,the City of Redding annually distributes informational brochures and letters with
current regulatic�ns to landlords and real estate agents to make them aware of their respective
responsibilities and rights; and
WHEREAS,the City of Redding,in conjunctian with various federal, state,and lacal entities,
has selected April as an opportunity tQ educate the community on its rights and respansibilities as
tenants and landlords;
N4W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESt}LVED that the City Council of the City of Redding
hereby declares April as "Fair Housing Month" in the City of Redding as part of the natiQnal effart to
edueate tenants and landlords on their rights and responsibilities under the Federal Fair Housing Law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Redding on the 15th day of March, 2022, and was duly adopted at said
meeting by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members—Dacquisto, Mezzana, Resner,Winter, and Schreder
NOES: C'ouncil Members—Nane
ABSTAIN: Council Members—None
ABSENT: Cauncil Members—None
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KRISTEN SC DER,Mayor .�
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