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Resolution No. 95-12 Introduced by Mayor Bruce G. Rinker and Council as a Whole. A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH WHEREAS, on January .31, 1986 the Board of Commissioners of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, unanimously passed resolution #605315, which urged every local government to "work cooperatively in affirmatively furthering fair housing" and which lent full support to "the prosecution of any acts of racial intimidation, harassment or violence; and to the affirmation the civil rights of every homeseeker and resident of Cuyahoga County." WHEREAS, the Greater Cleveland communities have united to present a collaborative effort to support April as National Fair Housing Month. WHEREAS, Resolution #$4931337 dated Apri15, 1979 declared the policy and intent of Cuyahoga County Board of Council Commissioners in favor of Fair and Equal Opportunity in Housing in Cuyahoga County. WHEREAS, recent studies have documented the continued incidence of discrimination in this county's housing market and the existence of segregated communities and school districts. WHEREAS, there exist in this county areas which are integrating successfully and in need of support to assure their continued existence as racially diverse communities. WHEREAS, on March 12, 1989, the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act became effective and added two new protected classes, the familial status and the handicapped. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, that said Board is determined to reaffirm its previously stated commitment to open housing and equal housing opportunity for all of the citizens in Cuyahoga County, hereby reaffirming this commitment by declaring April as Fair Housing Month in Cuyahoga County. On January 17, 1994, the 65th Birthday celebration of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, slain Civil Rights Leader, the President of the United States passed an Executive Order to reaffirm HUD's commitment to Fair Housing. In his memorandum to the heads of the Executive Departments and Agencies, the President states "BY an Executive Order ("the Order") I am issuing today and this memorandum, I am addressing those needs." The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and, where appropriate, the Attorney General - the officials with the primary responsibility for the enforcement of Federal fair housing laws--will take the lead in developing and coordinating measures to carry out the purposes of this order, in order to affirmatively further fair housing in all Federal programs and activities relating to Housing and Urban Development throughout the United States.