HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-39RESOLUTION 2005-39
FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski is committed to affirmatively furthering fair housing
as part of its Community Development Block Grant program; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Fair Housing Law prohibits discrimination in housing because
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin elderliness, familial status, or handicap; and
WHEREAS, Virginia's Fair Housing Law prohibits certain types of practices related to
renting an apartment, buying a house or obtaining a mortgage or homeowner's insurance;
and
WHEREAS, Some of these practices include steering home seekers to specific
neighborhoods; attempting to blockbust a neighborhood due to an alleged influx of
"certain" people; falsely denying housing is available for sale or rent; refusal to sell, rent,
negotiate for or finance housing; setting different terms for sale, rental or financing of
housing; denying participation in a multiple listing service; and intimidation or
interference in the buying or renting of housing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PULASKI, VIRGINIA, that; if a resident of the Town of Pulaski believes he or she has
• been the victim of housing discrimination, the Town hereby urges that individual to
exercise his/her legal right to an investigation of the matter by contacting the Department
of Professional and Occupational Regulation's Fair Housing Office and filing a housing
complaint.
This Resolution is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 1St day of
November, 2005 by recorded vote of the Town Council as follows:
Jeffrey S. Worrell -Aye
Dan Talbert, Jr. -Aye
Bettye H. Steger -Absent
Lane R. Penn -Aye
John T. Bolen -Aye
Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
The Town of Pulaski, Virginia
BY:
C arles L. Wade, Mayor
ATTEST:
r
. Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council.