Full Text of SR0310 095th General Assembly
SR0310 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Illinois has as | 3 |
| goals the elimination of poverty and of inequality; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil | 5 |
| Rights Act of 1968, as amended, enunciates a national policy of | 6 |
| Fair Housing without regard to race, color, religion, national | 7 |
| origin, sex, familial status, and handicap, and encourages fair | 8 |
| housing opportunities for all citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Human Rights Act further safeguards | 10 |
| the rights of all citizens of this State to freedom from | 11 |
| housing discrimination due to race, color, religion, sex, | 12 |
| national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or | 13 |
| mental handicap, military status, sexual orientation, or | 14 |
| unfavorable discharge from military service in connection with | 15 |
| employment, real estate transactions, access to financial | 16 |
| credit, and the availability of public accommodations; and
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| WHEREAS, It is the policy of the State of Illinois to | 18 |
| establish Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action in all of | 19 |
| its decisions, programs and activities and to eliminate the | 20 |
| effects of past discrimination; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' Annual Housing Plan |
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| identifies fair housing as a principal goal; and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Fair Housing Act calls for affirmative | 3 |
| action to further equal access to housing opportunities; and
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| WHEREAS, Provisions to affirmatively further fair housing | 5 |
| are principal and long-standing components of the United States | 6 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the | 7 |
| Community Development Block Grant program, and require that | 8 |
| recipients, including the State of Illinois, certify that they | 9 |
| conduct an analysis of impediments to fair housing and | 10 |
| affirmatively further fair housing; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, In spite of modest progress, segregation in | 12 |
| housing, due in large measure to ongoing discrimination, is | 13 |
| well-documented in the Chicago region and throughout Illinois, | 14 |
| and research finds that opportunities to access the Chicago | 15 |
| regional housing market varies for different racial and | 16 |
| minority groups, including those with disabilities; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Other problems of poverty and inequality that the | 18 |
| State wishes to ameliorate are exacerbated or reinforced by | 19 |
| existing patterns of segregation; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Illegal barriers to equal opportunity in housing, | 21 |
| no matter how subtle, that diminish the rights of some of our |
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| citizens diminish the rights of all of our citizens; therefore, | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in the pursuit of the | 5 |
| goal and responsibility of providing fair and equal housing | 6 |
| opportunities for all, the State of Illinois, in all housing, | 7 |
| community development, and economic development grants and | 8 |
| programs, shall promote fair housing, enforce fair housing | 9 |
| laws, and apply an affirmative standard to ensure compliance | 10 |
| with State and federal requirements; and be it further | 11 |
| RESOLVED, That members of the Illinois Senate are urged to | 12 |
| attend and participate in public hearings on the subject of | 13 |
| fair and equal housing opportunity; and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That local stakeholders, including governmental | 15 |
| officials, community-based organizations, and fair housing | 16 |
| organizations, are encouraged to attend the hearings; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Senate Committee on Housing and | 19 |
| Community Affairs shall prepare and deliver a report of | 20 |
| findings and recommendations to affirmatively further State | 21 |
| programs based on information collected at the public hearings | 22 |
| to the Illinois Senate and to the Governor no later than |
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| February 1, 2008.
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