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Celebrating Disability Pride Month Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? It celebrates the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July of 1990. In July of 2015, the first official celebration of Disability Pride Month took place,...
View this email in your browser Message from our Executive Director Executive Director, Allan Lazo As we approach the start of the summer, our Executive Director, Allan Lazo, recognizes the importance of celebrating Juneteenth and PRIDE this month.Though the...
View this email in your browser On Sunday, June 19, we celebrate Juneteenth, also known as “Freedom Day,” as it commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is short for “June Nineteenth," the date that the news of the federal abolition of...
View this email in your browser A Bumpy Road to LGBTQIA+ Housing Rights Did you know that one in five transgender people in the U.S. have been discriminated against when seeking a home, and one in ten have been evicted because of their gender identity? Under...
View this email in your browser May is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, designated to honor and pay tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islander people who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success. This...
View this email in your browser April is National Fair Housing Month, which means that we celebrate the 54th anniversary of the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Although we have had many successes in the fight against housing discrimination, there is...
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Dear *|FNAME|*, Neighborhoods Are for Everyone. At the Fair Housing Council of Oregon, we know this to be true. We embody this belief through our education and outreach efforts. Through our...
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Join us for "Neighborhoods Are for Everyone!" Education & Outreach Director, Shyle Ruder and Executive Director, Allan Lazo April is Fair Housing Month and FHCO is hosting our third annual mission-centered...
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Did you know that FHCO receives more than 1,500 inquiries to our housing discrimination hotline through telephone calls, emails, and website contacts each year? Through our hotline, we help individuals...
View this email in your browser The promise of economic opportunity has attracted diverse communities to Oregon for decades, adding to the state’s cultural mosaic. The relationship between jobs and housing, however, is not without its...
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser February is Black History Month. This newsletter is dedicated to the legacy of Black communities in Oregon, highlighting the contributions of key historical figures and Black-centered...
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Fighting Discrimination with Fair Housing Tests What is a Fair Housing Test? A Fair Housing Test is one tool fair housing organizations use to identify illegal housing discrimination. Fair...