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COUNTY MICHIGAN
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS @
April 14,2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-138
Sponsored By:Charles Cavell,David Woodward,Marcia Gershenson,Janet Jackson,Adam Kochenderfer,
Penny Luebs,Gwen Markham,Philip Weipert,William Miller III,Michael Spisz,Angela Powell,Charles
Moss,Kristen Nelson,Yolanda Smith Charles,Gary McGillivray
Board of Commissioners -Resolution Proclaiming April 2022 as National Fair Housing Month in
Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the Fair Housing Act,enacted on April 11,1968,safeguarded into federal law the goal 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,sex,
familial status,national origin,and disability,and commits recipients of federal funding to affirmatively further
fair housing in their communities;and
WHEREAS morethan fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act,discrimination persists,and many
communities remain segregated;and
WHEREAS manyindividuals still experience different sales prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of adwellingbasedonone’s color;or are assigned a certain “area”of a building or complex to live due to theirreligion;or denied a mortgage or are charged a higher interestrate since they have a disability;and
WHEREAS these acts of housing discrimination and barriers to equal housing opportunity are unacceptable to
a common sense of decency and fairness;and
WHEREAS our social fabric,the economy,health,and environment are strengthened in diverse,inclusive
communities;and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is committed to the mission and intent of Congress
to provide fair and equal housing opportunities for all.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does herebydeclarethemonthofApril2022asFairHousingMonthinOaklandCounty.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Oakland County is an inclusive County committed to fair housing andthepromotionofappropriateactivitiesbyprivateandpublicentitiestoprovideandadvocateforequalhousingopportunitiesforallresidentsandprospectiveresidentsofOaklandCounty.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forwardcopiesoftheadoptedresolutiontotheFairHousingCenterofMetropolitanDetroit,the Fair Housing Center forSoutheastandMid-Michigan,the Alliance for Housing,the Community of Housing Network,and the HOPEWarmingCenter.
Chairperson,the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution:Charles Cavell,David
Woodward,Marcia Gershenson,Janet Jackson,Adam Kochenderfer,Penny Luebs,Gwen Markham,
Philip Weipert,William Miller III,Michael Spisz,Angela Powell,Charles Moss,Kristen Nelson,Yolanda
Smith Charles,Gary McGillivray.
J Date:April 14,2022
David Woodward,Commissioner
ba (rm Date:April 22,2022
Hilarie Chambers,Deputy County Executive II
(_~CA bYLt—Date:April 29,2022
Lisa Brown,County Clerk /Register of Deeds
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Marcia Gershenson seconded by Commissioner William Miller III to suspend the
rules for immediate consideration of the attached Resolution:Proclaiming April 2022 as National Fair Housing
Month in Oakland County.
Yes:David Woodward,Karen Joliat,Kristen Nelson,Philip Weipert,Gwen Markham,Angela Powell,
Charles Moss,Marcia Gershenson,William Miller III,Charles Cavell,Penny Luebs,Janet Jackson,Gary
McGillivray,Adam Kochenderfer (14)
No:Michael Gingell,Michael Spisz,Eileen Kowall,Christine Long,Thomas Kuhn,Yolanda Smith Charles,
Robert Hoffman (7)
Abstain:None(0)
Passed
Motioned by Commissioner Marcia Gershenson seconded by Commissioner gary McGillivray to adopt the
attached Resolution:Proclaiming April 2022 as National Fair Housing Month in Oakland County.
Yes:David Woodward,Karen Joliat,Kristen Nelson,Philip Weipert,Gwen Markham,Angela Powell,
Charles Moss,Marcia Gershenson,William Miller II,Charles Cavell,Penny Luebs,Janet Jackson,Gary
McGillivray,Adam Kochenderfer,Michael Spisz,Thomas Kuhn,Yolanda Charles Smith,Robert Hoffman
(18)
No:Michael Gingell,Eileen Kowall,Christine Long (3)
Abstain:None (0)
Passed
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I,Lisa Brown,Clerk of the County of Oakland,do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 14,2022,with
the original record thereof now remaining in myoffice.
In Testimony Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Thursday,April 14,2022.
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Lisa Brown,Oakland County Clerk /Register of Deeds