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Resolution Recognizing April as Fair Housing Month
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, April 2025 is Fair Housing Month, and marks 57 years since the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968), signed by U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson on April 11, 1968;
WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Act provides that no person shall be subjected to discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or familial status in the sale, rental, financing, or advertising of housing and charges the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with administering HUD programs in a manner that meets the requirements of the law and purposes of the Fair Housing Act;
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the Department) administers HUD and other housing programs that promote the development and supply of safe, decent, affordable housing for qualifying Texans;
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Department to support equal housing opportunity in the administration of all of its programs and services, including encouraging equitable lending practices for its homebuyer programs and ensuring compliance with Fair Housing rules and guidelines for its multifamily developments;
WHEREAS, the Department, through its programs, workshops, trainings, and materials seeks to educate property managers, consultants, program administrators, architects, contractors, developers, engineers, lenders, real estate professionals, and others about the importance of their adherence to the requirements of the Fair Housing Act;
WHEREAS, the Department encourages the development of educational fair housing programs in local communities throughout the State and is seeking to build new opportunities for fair housing education and training; and
WHEREAS, the Department and the State of Texas support equal housing opportunity and housing choice in accordance with the Fair Housing Act not only during Fair Housing Month in April, but throughout the entire year;
Now, therefore, it is hereby
RESOLVED, that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs -
(1) recognizes the significance of Fair Housing Month as an important time to acknowledge, better understand, and support equal housing opportunity, and encourages the continued commitment to fair housing in the State of Texas; and
(2) recognizes that in the pursuit of the goal and responsibility of providing affordable housing and equal housing opportunities for all, the Governing Board of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs does hereby celebrate April 2025 as Fair Housing Month in Texas and encourages all Texas individuals and organizations, public and private, to join and work together in this observance of the impact and importance of affordable housing and equal housing opportunity to the success of all Texans.
Signed this tenth day of April 2025.
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Leo Vasquez, Chair |
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Kenny Marchant, Vice Chair |
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Holland Harper, Member |
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Anna Maria Farias, Member |
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Ajay Thomas, Member |
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Cindy Conroy, Member |
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Bobby Wilkinson, Executive Director |
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