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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-
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;
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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-
tive costs, special enforcement efforts, training and other 
projects designed to enhance the agency’s administration 
and enforcement of its fair housing law; 
Whereas fair housing education and enforcement play a piv-
otal role in increasing housing choice and minority home-
ownership and combating predatory lending; and 
Whereas the Fair Housing Act is an essential component of 
our Nation’s civil rights legislation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes and honors the 40th anniversary of 
the enactment of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 
et seq.) and the 20th anniversary of the enactment of 
the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 
100–430; 102 Stat. 1619); 
(2) supports activities to recognize and celebrate the 
important historical milestones represented by the anni-
versaries of the enactment of the Fair Housing Act and
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the enactment of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
1988; and 
(3) encourages all people and levels of government 
to rededicate themselves to the enforcement and the 
ideals of fair housing laws. 
Attest: 
Clerk.