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Subject: Fair Housing Under Attack!



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           FAIR HOUSING ACT UNDER ATTACK!

Marcie Roth writes:
URGENT CALL TO ALL ADVOCATES WHO CAN GET TO THE WASHINGTON,
DC AREA. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO SAVE THE FAIR HOUSING ACT!

PLEASE COME TO A HEARING AT 2 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 IN
RAYBURN 2237. WE NEED TO FILL THIS HEARING ROOM WITH PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES AND STOP THIS BILL FROM BECOMING LAW!!!

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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING
URGENT! ACTION NEEDED!
FAIR HOUSING ACT UNDER ATTACK!
October 25, 1999
PROBLEM:

Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) has introduced HR 2437, the (falsely named)
Justice in Fair Housing Act of 1999. This bill would provide an
exception from the enforcement of an accessibility construction
requirement of the Fair Housing Act for certain buildings
constructed in compliance with a local building code.

THIS MEANS THAT BUILDERS WHO FOLLOW LOCAL BUILDING CODE (WHICH
RARELY INCLUDES ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS) WILL NO LONGER HAVE
TO FOLLOW THE FAIR HOUSING ACT .

CURRENT SITUATION:
The Committee on the Constitution (a sub-committee of the Judiciary
Committee) will be holding a hearing on this bill on Thursday,
October 28, 1999 at 2PM in 2237 Rayburn House Office Building to
consider this bill.

ACTION NEEDED:
Contact the members of this sub-committee and tell them to
vote NO on H.R. 2437 (see below for the list of members)

Tell them your personal stories about the lack of accessible
housing and how the builders are aware of the Fair Housing
Act, but have chosen to ignore it.

Do all you can to get the word out about the hearing on
October 28th in Washington, DC. It will be held at 2PM in
Rayburn 2237. Encourage those who can get there to come to
the hearing. We need to fill the hearing room with people
with disabilities.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION ARE:
Rep. Canady (R-FL) 202/225-1252
Rep. Hyde (R-IL) 202/225-4561
Rep. Watt (D-NC) 202/225-1510
Rep. Hutchinson (R-AR) 202/225-4301
Rep. Waters (D-CA) 202/225-2201
Rep. Bachus (R-AL) 202/225-4921
Rep. Frank (D-MA) 202/225-5931
Rep. Goodlatte (R-VA) 202/225-5431
Rep. Conyers (D-MI) 202/225-5126
Rep. Barr (R-GA) 202/225-2931
Rep. Nadler (D-NY) 202/225-5635
Rep. Jenkins (R-TN) 202/225-6356
Rep. Graham (R-SC) 202/225-5301

For more information, contact Dan Kessler, Chair, Housing
Subcommittee, National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
at: (205) 251-2223, ext. 112 or at: [log in to unmask]
or Marcie Roth, Director of Advocacy and Public Policy,
National Council on Independent Living at: (703) 525-3406
or at [log in to unmask]

Marcie Roth
Director of Advocacy and Public Policy
The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
1916 Wilson Boulevard Suite 209
Arlington. VA 22201
(703) 525-3406 (V)
(703) 525- 4153 (TTY)
(703) 525-3409 (F)
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www.ncil.org (W)

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Fred Fay
Chair, Justice For All
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http://www.jfanow.org

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