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Civil Rights Board advances ordinance rewrite, launches education push as residents demand housing enforcement
Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting, the Kalamazoo City Civil Rights Board discussed revisions to its founding ordinance pending city attorney edits, authorized an education subcommittee to begin planning community outreach, and heard public calls to enforce the city's housing equity ordinance after reporting on conditions at Fox Ridge apartments.
Kalamazoo City's Civil Rights Board on Feb. 5 said it is waiting for edits from the city attorney before finalizing a rewrite of the board's enabling ordinance and directed an education subcommittee to begin regular planning meetings to prepare community outreach while enforcement language is refined.
The board's discussion opened with a status update that staff had submitted the board's proposed revisions to the city attorney and were awaiting return edits. City Attorney Leo Liao told the board that state action this winter changed one enforcement question the board had been considering: "Late December Governor Whitmer signed into legislation law that would prohibit landlords from denying rental housing based on source of income," Liao said, adding that the new state law has been folded into the board's draft language.
The board decided to move forward on public education about the ordinance even while the rewrite proceeds. Vice Chair Lukeman said the education subcommittee should…
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