IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1095 
Recognizing and honoring the 40th anniversary of congressional passage of 
title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (the Fair Housing Act) 
and the 20th anniversary of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
1988. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2008 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. BACA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CARNAHAN, 
Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 
JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MEEK of Flor-
ida, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SIRES, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WATT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. GONZALEZ, and 
Mr. SMITH of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and honoring the 40th anniversary of congres-
sional passage of title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968 (the Fair Housing Act) and the 20th anniversary 
of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. 
Whereas April 11, 2008, marks the 40th anniversary of con-
gressional passage of the Fair Housing Act; 
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•HRES 1095 IH 
Whereas September 13, 2008, marks the 20th anniversary of 
congressional passage of the Fair Housing Amendments 
Act of 1988; 
Whereas the Chicago Freedom Movement, led by the Rev-
erend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., expanded the 
fight for civil rights from the South to the North, raised 
the national consciousness about housing discrimination, 
and shaped the debate that led to the landmark fair 
housing legislation, the Fair Housing Act; 
Whereas the National Advisory Commission on Civil Dis-
orders, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and 
commonly known as the Kerner Commission, found in 
1968 that ‘‘[o]ur nation is moving toward two societies, 
one black and one white—separate and unequal’’; 
Whereas Congress passed the Fair Housing Act as part of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and President Lyndon B. 
Johnson signed the Act into law on April 11, 1968, one 
week after the assassination of the Reverend Doctor Mar-
tin Luther King, Jr.; 
Whereas the Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in 
housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of 
race, color, national origin, and religion; 
Whereas in section 808 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974, Congress amended the Fair 
Housing Act to include protection on the basis of sex; 
Whereas the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, passed 
by overwhelming margins in Congress, included protec-
tion on the basis of familial status and disability, created 
an important enforcement mechanism, and expanded the 
definition of ‘‘discriminatory housing practices’’ to in-
clude interference and intimidation, requiring the Depart-
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•HRES 1095 IH 
ment of Housing and Urban Development to issue regu-
lations to implement and interpret the Fair Housing Act 
and report annually to Congress on the nature and extent 
of housing discrimination; 
Whereas the intent of Congress in passing the Fair Housing 
Act was broad and inclusive, to advance equal oppor-
tunity in housing and achieve racial integration for the 
benefit of all people in the United States; 
Whereas housing integration affects educational attainment, 
employment opportunities, access to health care, and 
home equity; 
Whereas the majority of Americans support neighborhood in-
tegration, and numerous studies have shown the uni-
versal benefits of residential integration; 
Whereas more than 4,000,000 violations of fair housing laws 
still occur each year against people of all protected class-
es, and testing of the enforcement of fair housing laws 
continues to uncover a high rate of discrimination in the 
rental, sales, mortgage lending, and insurance markets; 
Whereas less than 1 percent of violations of fair housing laws 
are reported each year; 
Whereas fair housing centers funded by Fair Housing Initia-
tives Program (FHIP) are the frontline in the effort to 
resolve housing discrimination; 
Whereas in 2006, approximately 27,000 housing discrimina-
tion complaints were filed, of which 18,000 complaints 
were resolved by fair housing centers; 
Whereas the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) 
funds fair housing grants annually on a non-competitive 
basis to State and local fair housing enforcement agen-
cies which are used for complaint processing, administra-
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