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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No.A.i.
For Meeting of:April 20, 2021
ITEM TITLE: Fair Housing Month proclamation
SUBMITTED BY: Cally Price,Assistant to the City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
See attached. Jennifer Hawks-Conright and Javier Cardenas with Yakima Association of
Realtors will accept.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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wl-Elms, the Tail-Housing Act, enacted on ApriC11, 1968, enshrined into
federal-Cawthe goat of eliminating racial segregation and-ending housing discrimination
in the 'United States; and
WHEREAS, the 'Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on
race, color, religion, set familialstatus, nationalorigin, handicap, and commits
recipients of feteratfuntiing to affirmatively further fair housing in the communities;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima is committed to the mission and intent of
Congress to provide fair and equal-housing opportunities for at4,• and
WHEREAS, more than fifty years after the passage of the 'Fair Housing Act,
discrimination persists, and many communities remain unequal-regarding access to
housing; and
WHEREAS, acts of housing discrimination and barriers to equal-housing
opportunity are repugnant to a common sense of decency andfairness.
WOW TJ-[9E1lcrO1l, I, Patricia Byers, Wlayor of the City of Yakima and on
behalf of the City Council-hereby proclaim the month ofApritas
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in the City of Yakima as a community committed to fair housing and to promoting
appropriate activities by private and public entities to provide and advocate for equal-
housing opportunities for aft residents and prospective residents of the City of Yakima.
Dated this 20th day ofApriC, 2021
Patricia Byers, [Mayor