Full Text of HR0302 094th General Assembly
HR0302 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The South Suburban Housing Center (SSHC) | 3 |
| celebrates its 30th anniversary in April of 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The SSHC was organized in April of 1975 by several | 5 |
| local chapters of the League of Women Voters for the purpose of | 6 |
| monitoring and addressing discriminatory practices in the | 7 |
| housing markets of the south Chicago metropolitan region; and
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| WHEREAS, The SSHC is the private, non-profit, regional fair | 9 |
| housing agency serving over 100 communities in southern Cook, | 10 |
| northeastern Will, and Kankakee counties of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, SSHC's mission is to foster stable, racially and | 12 |
| economically diverse, communities; governed by an interracial | 13 |
| and multi-cultural Board of Directors, SSHC's current Fair | 14 |
| Housing Enforcement and Housing Counseling programs assist | 15 |
| individuals in all protected classes and ensures that housing | 16 |
| providers recognize and comply with the fair housing laws; and
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| WHEREAS, SSHC's housing counseling activities administered | 18 |
| by its Homeseekers Service Program provide comprehensive | 19 |
| counseling assistance to homebuyers, renters, homeless | 20 |
| individuals, and existing homeowners; affirmative, | 21 |
| option-expanding approaches to housing and mortgage financing | 22 |
| choices are promoted to all clients receiving assistance; | 23 |
| additional fair housing and predatory lending legal awareness | 24 |
| education is given to each housing counseling client by SSHC's | 25 |
| experienced fair housing enforcement staff; these housing | 26 |
| counseling activities include pre-purchase, post-purchase | 27 |
| rental, and homeless displacement individual sessions, as well | 28 |
| as group homeownership workshops and fair housing/predatory | 29 |
| lending awareness educational presentations; and
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| WHEREAS, SSHC's 2004 program accomplishments included |
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| responding to inquiries from the public about housing | 2 |
| availability or housing opportunities; providing intensive | 3 |
| one-on-one pre-purchase/mortgage counseling to families; | 4 |
| conducting fair housing tests in 64 communities; presenting | 5 |
| first-time home buyer seminars in six different locations | 6 |
| throughout the south Cook County service area; receiving and | 7 |
| processing complaints of housing discrimination from the | 8 |
| public; presenting fair housing law training sessions for area | 9 |
| landlords, builders, and municipal officials;
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| affirmative rental placement counseling; filing new fair | 11 |
| housing act enforcement actions and housing discrimination | 12 |
| suits; and resolving fair housing complaint actions; and
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| WHEREAS, SSHC's challenge is to continue to expand the | 14 |
| operation of programs that effectively combat the forces that | 15 |
| cause segregated housing and that promote inclusive housing | 16 |
| markets throughout the region; SSHC works in partnership with a | 17 |
| network of other municipal, business, civic, and advocacy | 18 |
| groups to address the fair housing issues of the region; in | 19 |
| recent years, SSHC has participated in the Housing Task Force | 20 |
| organized by U. S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s office | 21 |
| to implement the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's WOW | 22 |
| (With Ownership, Wealth), initiative in Illinois' 2nd | 23 |
| Congressional District; and
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| WHEREAS, SSHC continues to maintain its close working | 25 |
| relationships with the collaboration of private fair housing | 26 |
| agencies operating in the Chicago area; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 29 |
| we congratulate the South Suburban Housing Center on the | 30 |
| occasion of its 30th anniversary and commend its many | 31 |
| accomplishments and extend our best wishes for continued | 32 |
| success in the years ahead; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the South Suburban Housing Center as an expression | 3 |
| of our esteem.
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