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Fort Collins proclaims April 2026 as Fair Housing Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Summary
Mayor Lee Francis read proclamations declaring April 2026 Fair Housing Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month; Lindsay Mason of CSU Off Campus Life accepted the fair-housing proclamation and local advocates thanked the council for supporting survivors and prevention programming.
Mayor Lee Francis opened the proclamation portion of the Fort Collins meeting and formally proclaimed April 2026 as Fair Housing Month and April 2026 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
In the Fair Housing proclamation the mayor cited the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and noted Colorado’s earlier state fair‑housing laws; Lindsay Mason, director of Colorado State University’s Off Campus Life, accepted the proclamation and said CSU’s off‑campus team provides housing education and advocacy for students and community members. Mason called fair housing “about people's ability to find safe, stable homes and to feel a true sense of belonging” and thanked the mayor and council for the recognition.
On the sexual‑assault proclamation, an advocacy representative thanked the council for supporting survivors and noted long‑running prevention programming and a local hotline anniversary. The mayor invited photo opportunities and announced an Earth Day event to be read at a future council meeting.
Why this matters: Proclamations signal municipal recognition of public priorities and spotlight community partners—here, fair‑housing advocacy and survivor support and prevention programs.
Next steps: The council moved on from proclamations to its regular agenda; the proclamations themselves are ceremonial and do not enact policy.
