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SEEK STRONG ORDINANCE:
S S Fair Housing Supporters March
Proponents of a local fair hous-
ing ordinance have stepped up the
intensity of demonstrations favor-
ing the measure.
Picketing city hall for the last
12 Monday nights, the Ann Arbor
Fair Housing Association Con-
gress on Racial Equality staged
marches Aug. 5 and 12 through
white and Negro neighborhoods
most affected by the ordinance
and staged an all-night sit-in in
the city council chamber Aug. 19.
The group is protesting alleged
delays in city council considera-
tion of an ordinance and is seek-
ing a stronger measure.
Two proposed drafts of the
measure have been presented to
city council. The first was merely
a set of suggested revisions pro-
posed by the council's fair housing
committee. The second was a final
revision of the March 11 draft and
replaced that draft as the first-
read version of the ordinance.
Federally-assisted housing was
dropped from ordinance coverage
as the fair housing committee
asserted that President John F.
Kennedy's order of last November
forbidding discrimination in fed-
eral housing funds covered this
area.
Add Coverage
Rooming units, real estate brok-
ers and salesmen and "person," as
defined in the city charter, were
added to the ordinance coverage.
So was discriminatory advertis-
ing practices.
The document now includes five
or more housing units owned by
the same person or firm, financial
institutions, as well as these new
provisions.
However, some opponents of this
draft say that the ordinance would
only cover 20 to 30 per cent of
housing in Ann Arbor and would
afford no real protection against
discrimination.
No Coverage?
They charge that the ordinance
does not include the types of hous-
irig that should be covered.
Exemptions have also b e e n
changed in the revised draft. Only
tenants who live in the same build-
ing as the owner are exempted.
This provision is limited to struc-
tures with six or less units.
The enforcement section of the
ordinance has been revised con-
siderably in each draft presented
to council. The ordinance is de-
signed to be conciliatory rather
than punitive.
Complaints would be filed with
Human Relations Commission who
would attempt to enforce the ordi-
nance by negotiation. If this ap-
proach failed, the commission
would turn the complaint over to
the city attorney for court action.
If the city attorney has a case, it
would be taken to municipal court
where the offender could face a
$100 fine.
No Jail Term
In the suggested revisions to
the March 11 draft, the offender
would face also a jail term and
the city attorney could seek an
injunction preventing any action
that would nullify the case-such
as renting the disputed housing
unit-until it was closed.
The new first-read draft drops
provisions and limits injunctions
to second offenders. The enforce-
ment section would not become
effective until six months after
the ordinance takes effect.
This has brought charges froml
supporters of a stronger ordinance
prejudiced interests more than the
discriminated that it is designed
to help.
Council Review
The ordinance would also be
subject to council review a yearl
after it goes into effect.
The Washtenaw County - Ann
Arbor Council of Churches, the
Washtenaw Conference on Reli-
gion and Race, 31 local clergymen
and the local Democrats have
spoken out for a strong ordinance.
The Ann Arbor Board of Real-
tors has opposed the ordinance,
citing a 10-point property owner's
"bill of rights," stressing the
"right" to sell property to whom-
the national board of reall
late June.
Fifteen-hundred residents
asked council to hold an ad
vote on the question.
Council is a 1 s o atten
whether to limit new apa
construction to the campus-
town area or allow such bu
in all parts of the city. No
sion as yet has been made.
The new city hall was ope
late May and by mid-sumn
entire city government mc
the six-story structure.
The new building houses
departments, except fire ari
ities. It also contains an
gency civil defense comman
in the basement.
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