2006 NS Contract - Contract Conducting Analysis of Impediments Fair Housing Choice Donald B Eager & Assoc

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a$ City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 12 ® �: Anal sis of Im ediments to Fair Housin Choice enforcement be done. Under the new zoning code the City is encouraging accessbible housing. A pilot project, "Fresh Start", will create a template to renovate existing housing to meet ADA requirements. Also, the City is establishing a Community Reinvestment Area to encourage new residential single and multi - family housing in the oldest planning area. These programs combined with a local fair housing enforcement to record complaints from disabled home seekers who are or have experienced discrimination in their search for housing or from current landlords the ability to assure safe and sanitary housing grows closer. Whether there is one complaint or one hundred, the problem is there. Another symptom of the problem is the NIMBY response that new group homes, housing for the disabled, etc. encounter when they try to build or convert housing for the disabled. This is especially true in suburban neighborhoods. The Consolidated Plan states that "although the numbers of homeless individuals from Cuyahoga Falls utilizing shelters could not be obtained, it is assumed the number is minimal. "12 Although this may be the case, it should be noted that "within Summit County there are a number of emergency shelters and transitional housing programs available for the homeless in Cuyahoga Falls." However, locally, "there are no emergency shelters within the Cuyahoga Falls' city limits" and "throughout Cuyahoga Falls, area churches and other agencies provide a variety of emergency services to the homeless and those at risk of being homeless. 03 " In addition, "Cuyahoga Falls has one (1) transitional housing facility with sixteen (16) units within the City's limits. "14 however, to the City's credit it is a participant in the COC and has asked for HMIS information quarterly to track and evaluate Homeless in the community. It is imperative that the City of Cuyahoga Falls track the numbers of homeless due to the fact that as funds from the State and Federal Government dwindle, non - profit housing agencies, providers of housing services, public housing authorities and local jurisdictions will increasingly feel the pressure of increasing needs and decreasing resources. This will result in the reliance on creative funding, alternative financing and other innovations in order to rehab or build new units and to maintain rental assistance for those in need. 3.6 Income Characteristics of Protected Classes Tables 11 reflects the 2000 (In 1999 dollars) Median Household Income (MHI) for the census tracts for the City of Cuyahoga Falls by Race. The City had 21,655 households in 2000. The MHI for the City of Cuyahoga Falls in 'Z City of Cuyahoga Falls Consolidated Plan, 2004 -2008, p. IX:34 13 Ibid, p. IX:25 14 Ibid, p. IX:27