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Guide to the Fair Housing Council of Orange County Records
MS.R.165
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Title: Fair Housing Council of Orange County records
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.165
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1970-1986
Abstract: This collection consists of materials related to the Fair Housing Council of Orange County (FHCOC), a private non-profit organization
formed in 1965 in the wake of the civil rights movement that resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Council incorporated
in 1968, the same year that Congress extended civil rights protections to cover housing with the adoption of the Fair Housing
Act. The collection includes court documents including actions brought by the FHCOC against the City of Irvine and The Irvine
Company to compel implementation of the of the Fair Housing Act of 1968; City of Irvine planning documents reflecting settlement
steps taken to implement court ordered actions; and FHCOC newsletters and economic reports.
Creator:
Fair Housing Council of Orange County. (California)
This collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head
of Special Collections and Archives.
Fair Housing Council of Orange County Records. MS-R165. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Transferred from the UCI Libraries Orange County Collection, Non-Government documents in May 2012.
Processed by Chris S. Ervin, 2012 October.
The Fair Housing Council of Orange County (FHCOC) is a private non-profit organization formed in 1965 in the wake of the civil
rights movement that resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Council incorporated in 1968, the same year that Congress
extended civil rights protections to cover housing with the adoption of the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Council of
Orange County is governed by a volunteer board of directors and an operating member of the National Fair Housing Alliance.
Through comprehensive community education, individual counseling, mediation, and low-cost advocacy, the FHCOC works to eliminate
housing discrimination and guarantee the rights of all people to freely choose the housing for which they qualify in the area
they desire. The agency works to fulfill a mission of protecting the quality of life in Orange County by ensuring equal access
to housing opportunities, fostering diversity and preserving dignity and human rights. Contracting to serve all of Orange
County's local governments for provision of fair housing services for their residents, the Fair Housing Council handles more
than 250 cases of alleged housing discrimination in the county each year.
Further information about the Fair Housing Council of Orange County is available
online at
fairhousingoc.org
Collection Scope and Content Summmary
This collection contains documents related to fair housing regulations, litigation, settlements, and activism in Orange County,
California, with an emphasis on influencing decisions made by the City of Irvine during the 1970s and 1980s. The materials
include legal actions brought by the Fair Housing Council of Orange County against the City of Irvine and The Irvine Company,
litigation settlements that compelled implementation of the Fair Housing Act, housing-related regulatory documents published
by the County of Orange and City of Irvine, analysis and planning reports generated for the Fair Housing Council of Orange
County and Irvine City Council, and newsletters published by the Fair Housing Council of Orange County for public consumption.
This collection is arranged in 2 series:
- Series 1. Legal documents
- Series 2. Publications
Related material can be found in the following collections:
Leonard C. Moffitt Files on the Planning of Orange County and University of California, Irvine (Collection MS-R116). Department
of Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4x0nf20k/
League of Women Voters of Orange County Records (Collection MS-R088). Department of Special Collections and Archives, University
of California, Irvine. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt567nc4jn/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fair Housing Council of Orange County. (California)
Activists -- California -- Orange County.
City planning -- California -- Irvine -- Archives.
Civil rights
Discrimination in housing
Housing authorities
Land use -- Law and legislation -- California -- Orange County
Legal documents -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century
Newsletters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Nonprofit organizations -- United States
Real estate development -- California - -Orange County -- History -- Sources