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PROCLAMATION <br />Declaring April 2022 as Fair Housing Month <br />WHEREAS <br />WHEREAS <br />WHEREAS <br />WHEREAS <br />The Fair Housing Act, enacted on April 11, 1968, enshrined into federal law <br />the goal of eliminating racial segregation and ending housing discrimination <br />in the United States; and, <br />The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, <br />color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, and disability, and <br />commits recipients of federal funding to affirmatively further fair housing in <br />their communities; and, <br />New Brighton is committed to the mission and intent of Congress to provide <br />fair and equal housing opportunities for all; and, <br />Our social fabric, the economy, health, and environment are strengthened in <br />diverse, inclusive communities. <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED that I, Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, Mayor of the City of <br />New Brighton, Minnesota do hereby proclaim the month of April 2022 as Fair Housing Month <br />in New Brighton as an inclusive community committed to fair housing, and to promoting <br />appropriate activities by private and public entities to provide and advocate for equal housing <br />opportunities for all residents and prospective residents of New Brighton. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto <br />Set my hand and caused the Seal of the City <br />Of New Brighton, Minnesota to be affixed <br />This 26th day of April, 2022 <br />Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas - Mayor