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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">March 31, 2025</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Rebecca Thompson
<br />Director
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<br />573.874.7535
<br />Rebecca.Thompson@CoMo.gov
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<br />Randy Cole
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<br />573.443.2556
<br />rcole@columbiaha.com</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Correction: Community members invited to attend fair housing event, April 18</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <em>Correction: The release has been updated with a correct link.<br /><br /></em>The City of Columbia Housing and Neighborhood Services department, in partnership with the Columbia Housing Authority and Columbia Board of Realtors, will be hosting a fair housing event Friday, April 18 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The event will take place in the Council Chambers and Conference Rooms 1A/1B in City Hall, 701 E. Broadway.<br /><br />At the event, residents will have the opportunity to attend a presentation on recent fair housing trends from Professor Rigel Oliveri. Oliveri is a nationally recognized expert on fair housing law and a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law. Community members will also hear updates from community partners who are working in Columbia to further fair housing efforts.<br /><br />The event is free, and lunch will be provided following the presentation. Participants are
asked to register at the following link: <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.CoMo.gov/fairhousingevent">CoMo.gov/fairhousingevent</a>.<br /><br />Members of the public may attend any open meeting. For requests for accommodations related to disability, please call 573.874.CITY (2489) or email City@CoMo.govcreate new email. In order to assist staff in making the appropriate arrangements for your accommodation, please make your request as far in advance of the posted meeting date as possible.<em><br /></em></div>
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