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FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS, NORTH CAROLINA WHEREAS, the County of Cabarrus seeks to protect the health, safety, and welfare of Cabarrus residents, and WHEREAS, citizens seek safe, sanitary, and habitable dwellings in all areas of the County, and WHEREAS, the County of Cabarrus finds the denial of equal housing opoortunities because of religion, race, color, sex or national origin legally wrong and socially unjust, and WHEREAS, the denial of equal housing opportunities in housing accon~r~dations is detrimental to public welfare and public order, and WHEREAS, the County of Cabarrus finds the practice of discrimination against any citizen in housing a denial of his equal rights and his equal opportunity to seek a better living and develop community pride; NDW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, that Section 1. The County of Cabarrus has declared it an official policy of County Government that there shall not be discrimination in the terms or conditions for buying or renting housing in C~barrus County. Section 2. All business groups and individual citizens of Cabarrus County are urged to respect and implement this policy. Section 3. The County Manager, or his designate, of the County of Cabarrus is the official authorized by the County to (1) receive and document complaints regarding housing discrimination in the County of Cabarrus, and (2) refer such complaints to the North Carolina Human Relations Council for investigation, conciliation and resolution. Adopted thi~. day of , 1987. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF CABARRUS, NORTH CAROLINA James W. Lentz, Chairman ATTEST: Frankie F. Small, County Clerk