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Council Member Komives
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Recognizing April as Fair Housing Month, and the work of The Fair Housing Center in furthering the goals of the Fair Housing Act.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The month of April is nationally recognized as "Fair Housing Month", which honors the passage of the Fair Housing Act on April 11, 1968, just one week after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in every aspect of a housing transaction and ensures that everyone has the right to live in vibrant and diverse neighborhoods of their choice.
The City of Toledo, in recognizing Fair Housing Month, wishes to formally acknowledge the importance of fair housing, including the elimination of housing discrimination, the promotion of housing choice, and the creation of inclusive communities of opportunity.
Within the City of Toledo, and throughout Lucas and Wood Counties, The Fair Housing Center is dedicated to furthering the goals of the Fair Housing Act. The Center provides advocacy for anti-discriminatory housing policies, education and outreach on fair housing, and assistance to victims of housing discrimination with investigation and legal enforcement of their rights.
The Fair Housing Center also assists the City of Toledo by preparing its Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) and related Action Plan. The AI and Action Plan are required by federal law to guide cities, including Toledo, in addressing barriers to fair housing choice. Important elements of the current AI and Action Plan include making more affordable housing choices available to residents integrated throughout Toledo, encouraging developers to increase accessibility, improving policies and practices to ensure access to housing that is safe, healthy, and habitable, preventing childhood lead poising, and ending discrimination based on source of income. NOW, THEREFORE,
Be it resolved by the Council of th...
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