Whereas, April 11, 2003 marks the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. Fair
Housing Law, Title VIII of the Civil Rights of 1968, as amended, which enunciated
a national policy of Fair Housing without regard to race, color, religion, national
origin, sex, familial status or disability, and encourages fair housing opportunities
for all citizens; and,
Whereas, Michigan’s Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Elliot-Larsen Civil
Rights Act of 1977 further deem it unlawful to discriminate based on age or
marital status in our great state; and,
Whereas, Equal opportunity in housing can best be accomplished through leadership,
example, education and the mutual cooperation of all those affiliated with the
real estate industry and the public; and,
Whereas, The State of Michigan and the Michigan Association of REALTORS®
are committed, under the “Welcome Home” effort, to highlight the
Fair Housing Law by continuing to address discrimination in our communities,
educating the public about their right to equal housing opportunities and encouraging
partnership efforts among organizations to help assure every American of their
right to fair housing; and,
Whereas, Fair Housing Month in Michigan is the celebration of the laws and
efforts of its citizens to remove impediments to equal housing opportunity,
and to emphasize and ensure the rights of all citizens to continued freedom
of choice in housing and private property ownership; and now therefore be it,
Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan,
do hereby proclaim April, 2003, as Fair Housing Month in Michigan.
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