Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
Discussion
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE UPDATE TO THE CITY OF CARSON'S ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE REPORT REQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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I. SUMMARY
Adoption of an Analysis of Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing Choice report is one of the requirements that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) places on local governments as a condition of receiving HUD funding. These reports are typically required every five years, on the same cycle as the Five-Year Consolidated Plans. The City prepared and submitted its most recent AI to HUD in May of 2015 along with the Five Year Consolidated Plan. However, the 2015 AI was not approved by HUD due to a number of unaddressed deficiencies, and in January, 2016 HUD ordered that the City redraft and resubmit the AI. This update is that amended report.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
APPROVE the update to the City of Carson's Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
As a condition of receiving housing and community development funding from HUD, local governments are required to take steps to affirmatively further fair housing within their jurisdictions. One way in which this mandate is fulfilled is by preparing an Analysis of Impediments, a report documenting the existence of conditions within the community impacting the availability of fair housing, and outlining action steps to address the identified impediments.
As a result of a civil rights compliance review by HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity conducted in 2014 (a follow-up to a review initially conducted in 2011), the City of Carson was found to be out of compliance in several areas related to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rig...
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