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EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY
HOUSING
FOR
GALLIA
COUNTY
RESIDENTS
GALLIA
COUNTY
FAIR
HOUSING PROGRAM
GALLIA
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
18
LOCUST STREET, ROOM 1292
GALLIPOLIS,
OHIO 45631
(740)
446-4612 EXT. 232
740-446-4612
EXT.
232
GALLIA
COUNTY
FAIR
HOUSING
COORDINATOR
KAREN
SPRAGUE
OFFICE
HOURS:
8:00
A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
Monday
through Friday
WHAT
IS IT?
The
Gallia County Fair Housing program for residents of Gallia County is a program
funded by a Community Development Block Grant from the Gallia County
Commissioners through funds made available by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development. It's goals are:
1.
To assure full housing opportunity for all home-seekers in Gallia County.
2.
To alleviate discriminatory housing practices within the County.
3.
To strengthen and maintain Fair Housing opportunities in all areas of the
County.
4.
To encourage and assist in the vigorous enforcement of Fair Housing Laws.
5.
To achieve full public awareness of individual's housing rights.
WHAT
ARE ITS OBJECTIVES?
The
Gallia County Fair Housing program seeks to:
1.
Assist residents and prospective residents of Gallia County who
experience difficulty in securing housing of their choice because of race,
color, religion, sex, handicap, national origin, or familial status.
2.
Help local officials, citizens and members of the Real Estate, housing
and lending institutions to become more sensitive to discrimination patterns in
housing and more aware of the legal, social and economic implications of these
patterns locally and county-wide.
3.
Inform all citizens of their housing rights and responsibilities.
4.
Assist individuals in exercising their housing rights.
HOW
DOES IT ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVES?
The
Gallia County Commissioners staff employ the following methods:
1.
Issues information, reports and brochures in an effort to acquaint the
public with Fair Housing and the Agency's role in it.
2.
Provides monitoring information involving sale, rental and lending
practices throughout the County.
3.
Provides information regarding legal assistance to persons whose housing
rights are jeopardized.
WHO
CAN USE THESE SERVICES?
Any
person in Gallia County seeking housing or housing information or anyone who
feels his/her housing rights are being threatened may use the Gallia County
services. In addition,
corporations, private businesses, colleges, community groups, and other
institutions within the County are encouraged to use it.
WHAT
CAN GALLIA COUNTY FAIR HOUSING DO FOR YOU?
It
can provide:
1.
Full information on your legal rights pertaining to housing opportunity.
2.
Individual counseling on particular problems relating to housing
opportunity.
WHERE
CAN MORE INFORMATION BE OBTAINED?
Call
Gallia County Fair Housing at (740) 446-4612 EXT. 232, or visit the Gallia
County Commissioner's Office in the Gallia County Courthouse.
TITLE
VIII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, AND THE OHIO REVISED CODE MAKE THE
FOLLOWING KINDS OF ACTION UNLAWFUL WHEN DONE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR,
RELIGION, SEX, HANDICAP, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR FAMILIAL STATUS:
REFUSAL TO DEAL
DISCRIMINATION IN TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PRIVILEGES
DISCRIMINATORY OR PREFERENTIAL ADVERTISING
FALSE REPRESENTATION
BLOCKBUSTING
DISCRIMINATION IN FINANCING
DISCRIMINATION IN MEMBERSHIP IN MULTIPLE-LISTING SERVICES AND REAL ESTATE
BROKERS ORGANIZATIONS
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