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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />PROCLAMATION <br />To Recognize April 2025 as Fair Housing Month <br />WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Act, enacted on April 11, 1968, enshrined into federal law the <br />goal of eliminating racial segregation and ending housing discrimination in the United States; and <br />WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, color, <br />religion, sex, familial status, national origin, and disability, and commits recipients of federal funding to <br />affirmatively further fair housing in their communities; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills is committed to the mission and intent of Congress to <br />provide fair and equal housing opportunities for all; and <br />WHEREAS our social fabric, the economy, health, and environment are strengthened in diverse, <br />inclusive communities; and <br />WHEREAS more than fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, discrimination <br />persists, and many communities remain segregated; and <br />WHEREAS, acts of housing discrimination and barriers to equal housing opportunity are <br />repugnant to a common sense of decency and fairness. <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL does hereby <br />declare the month of April 2025 as Fair Housing Month in THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS. Arden <br />Hills is an inclusive community committed to fair housing, and to promoting appropriate activities by <br />private and public entities to provide and advocate for equal housing opportunities for all residents and <br />prospective residents of Arden Hills. <br />______________________________ ______________________________ <br />David Grant, Mayor Brenda Holden, Councilmember <br />______________________________ ______________________________ <br />Emily Rousseau, Councilmember Tena Monson, Councilmember <br />______________________________ <br />Kurt Weber, Councilmember