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TO ADOPT THE SULLIVAN COUNTY AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING PLAN
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ADOPT THE SULLIVAN COUNTY AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING PLAN
WHEREAS, Sullivan County (“County”) has contracted with Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress to update its "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Plan,” (“Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Plan was prepared to satisfy Sullivan County’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing as a recipient of funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) requires HUD and all recipients of HUD funding to take meaningful actions in the pursuit of removing barriers that restrict access to housing based on the protected characteristics of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), familial status, or disability; and
WHEREAS, in recent years, the County has received Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds from HUD to help finance local housing programs, and the County regularly applies for additional HUD funding; and
WHEREAS, this plan represents a continued commitment by the County to facilitate nondiscriminatory housing practices and affirmatively further fair housing choice in the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature hereby adopts the Sullivan County Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Plan.
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