Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:      April 2009 marks the forty-first anniversary of 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, in its commitment to the ideal of freedom and justice for all, provides in the Code of the City of Lawrence, to protect and defend all its citizens  from discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, age, ancestry, familial status, sexual orientation, or disability; 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; 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 2009 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 7, 2009