Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution accepts the 2019 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Study and directs City staff to use these findings to inform housing strategies, policies and programs that can help address and eliminate these impediments. The findings and prioritized goals and strategies presented in the Analysis of Impediments study will serve as a foundation for the City’s next five-year (2020-2024) Consolidated Plan, due to HUD in November of 2019. No additional City appropriation is required.
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Accepting the 2019 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) study
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BACKGROUND
The purpose of the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) is to identify practices and conditions in the City that impede housing opportunities for residents because of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or other "protected class" status. Fair housing impediments include direct discriminatory actions, omissions, or decisions related to membership in a protected class, or indirect actions, omissions, or decisions that have the effect of restricting housing choices for people specifically because of their protected class membership.
The City is required by the Fair Housing Act to "Affirmatively Further Fair Housing." The AI identifies fair housing choice constraints and offers planning strategies that can be incorporated into other community planning and development processes and decisions. This assessment is required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a condition of receiving federal housing funds. It should be completed before the City creates its five-year "Consolidated Plan" that describes how those funds will be spent, so that the City can demonstrate that it understands the various direct and indirect impediments to fair housing choice and is actively working to eliminate discriminatory practices and disparate outcomes.
ACTION
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is designated by the Department of...
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