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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 13 (UPI) -- Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has signed into law removing language in homes association documents that ban minorities from owning or renting property.
The homes associations with such covenants have until January to delete the restrictions or face legal action, reports The Kansas City Star.
"Language of this sort has no place at any level in our state, and I fully support this addition to the law," Blunt said before signing the bill Tuesday.
"I'm very proud," said U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., who is sponsoring a similar resolution in Congress. "This means my home state, along with California, has taken this giant leap. This does more than remove a repulsive reminder of days gone by."
The Missouri bill came after a Kansas City Star investigation found that more than 1,200 documents relating to thousands of homes in the Kansas City area contained racist language.
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