HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 03_Proclaiming April 2014 as Fair Housing Month_2014.04.01CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
RESOLUTION 2014-03
PROCLAMING APRIL 2014 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE CITY OF
OWASSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 2014 TULSA COUNTY URBAN COUNTY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
WHEREAS, in April of 1968 one of the Nation's most important pieces of civil rights
legislation- Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968- was adopted by the U.S. Congress;
and
WHEREAS, Title VIII prohibits a wide range of discriminatory housing practices; and
WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 strengthens the mandate to each
community to affirmatively further fair housing; and
WHEREAS, communities receiving Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
and HOME funds are uniquely situated to positively impact housing opportunities; and
WHEREAS, in affirmatively furthering fair housing, CDBG and HOME communities are
required to actively promote wider housing opportunities for all racial and ethnic
groups while maintaining a nondiscriminatory environment in all aspects of the public
and private housing market within their jurisdiction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Owasso proclaims April
2014 as Fair Housing Month in Owasso, Oklahoma.
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FROM: Bronce L. Stephenson
Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Declaration of April 2014 as Fair Housing Month in Owasso
DATE: March 28, 2014
BACKGROUND:
The primary national objective of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is the
"development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living
environment, particularly for persons of low and moderate incomes." All project proposals
submitted for funding through the CDBG Program must document the achievement of at least one
of the following national objectives:
Y Provide benefit to low and moderate income persons
Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight
Meet other community development needs having particular urgency, posing a serious or
immediate threat to the health or welfare of a community
To qualify for CDBG funding under the national objective of benefit to low and moderate income
persons, the proposed project activities must show a positive or general improvement of living
conditions in a definable geographic target area where at least 51% of the occupied households
are of low and moderate income families. Low and moderate income families have an income
equal to or less than the current Section 8 low income limits established by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD defines this as a family of three
having a total household income of $43,500 or less or a family of four having a household income of
$48,300.
The funds for the CDBG program which have been granted to the City of Owasso come from
the Tulsa County CDBG Urban County through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development. In addition, the City of Owasso is a member of the Metropolitan Tulsa HOME
Consortium, another source of HUD funding.
One of the policies regarding the utilization of these funds is that the grant recipients must
implement an action to further fair housing in their community during each year that funding is
received. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to participate in a nation-wide effort to
affirmatively further fair housing opportunities for all and declare April as Fair Housing Month.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. 2014-03, declaring April 2014 as Fair Housing
Month in Owasso.
ATTACHMENT:
A. Resolution 2014-03