WHEREAS: April 2014 marks the forty-sixth anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act which provides equal opportunity for all Americans in the sale, rental, and financing of housing and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, age, marital status, disability, familial status, color, religion, sex, or national origin; and
WHEREAS: The City of Lawrence supports efforts to eliminate discrimination in housing by working to educate all its residents on fair housing rights and responsibilities, and through enforcement of fair housing laws, including Chapter 10 of the Code of the City of Lawrence; and
WHEREAS: The month of April is officially set aside as Fair Housing Month throughout this nation;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael Dever, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, in conjunction with the annual national commemoration, do hereby proclaim the month of April 2014 to be
“FAIR HOUSING MONTH”
in Lawrence, and ask the people of Lawrence to join me in reaffirming our obligation to fair and equal housing for every person who resides or wishes to reside in our city.
Michael Dever, Mayor
April 1, 2014