April is National Fair Housing Month! Today Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz joined Bill O’Connell, Director of Community Planning & Development for the HUD Buffalo Field Office; DeAnna Eason, Executive Director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME); and members of the Erie County Fair Housing Partnership to renew the call for fair housing and bring attention to continuing issues surrounding housing.
2023 marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act, signed into law on April 11, 1968 by President Johnson, making discrimination in housing unlawful.
Learn more: www2.erie.gov/exec/press/april-fair-housing-month
More information:
• Erie County Fair Housing Partnership, Inc.: 716-648-6216
• Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME): 716-854-1400
• New York State Division of Human Rights: 716-847-7632
• Neighborhood Legal Services: 716-847-0650
• U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development: 800-669-9777
