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FAIR HOUSING <br /> IN <br />CABARRUS COUNTY <br /> <br />THE PROGRAM <br />Cabarms County, through its Community Development Program, has assured the North <br />Carolina Department of Commerce that the County will take action in the form of <br />educational programs to further Fair Housing opportunities for its residents. The County <br />is disseminating this information provided in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as <br />amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. <br /> <br />In Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (the Fair Housing Law), Congress declared a <br />national policy of providing Fair Housing throughout the United States. This law makes <br />discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin illegal in connection <br />with the sale or rental of most housing and any vacant land offered for residential <br />construction or use. <br /> <br />This brochure contains information further explaining the Fair Housing Law and how it is <br />enfomed. Should you have any questions regarding Fair Housing or wish to file a <br />discrimination complaint, contact Ms. Kelly Sifford, Community Development Manager, <br />2nd floor of the Cabarms County Governmental Building, 65 Church Street South, <br />Concord, N.C. or call 1-704-920-2142 or TDD #1-704-920-3000. A counseling or <br />advisory session can be scheduled to answer any questions on the Fair Housing Act or <br />complaint procedure. <br /> <br />HOUSING COVERED BY THE 1968 FAIR HOUSING LAW <br /> <br />Prohibitions contained in the Fair Housing Law apply to the following types of housing: <br /> <br />SINGLE FAMILY housing owned by private individuals when: <br />- a broker or other person in the business of selling or renting dwellings is used and/or; <br />- discriminatory advertising is used; <br /> <br />SINGLE FAMILY housing not owned by private individuals; <br /> <br />SINGLE FAMILY houses owned by a private individual who owns more than three (3) <br />such housed or who, in any two-year period, sells more than one (1) in which the <br />individual was not the most recent resident. <br /> <br />MULTIFAMILY dwellings of five (5) or more units; and <br /> <br />MULTIFAMILY dwellings containing four (4) or fewer units if the owner does not <br />reside in one of the units. <br /> <br /> <br />