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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 15, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3 - C~ <br />SUBJECT Presentation on Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations/ PUBIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Housing and Community <br />Development <br />ATTACHMENT: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Shoshannah Smith, 960-3877. <br />Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Tara t_. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />Report (Under Separate Cover) <br />PURPOSE: To allow Donald B. Eager & Associates, LLC to present a report on the Analysis of <br />Impediments to Fair Housing Choice study commissioned by the BOCC on May 16, 2006. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1995, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) <br />announced that entitlement communities -those communities that receive direct federal funding <br />from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership and <br />Emergency Shelter Grant programs -are required to conduct a study of existing barriers to <br />housing choice. The required study is referred to as the "Analysis of Impediments" and is part of <br />entitlement communities' consolidated planning process. <br />In early 2006 as part of HUD's increased focus on fair housing enforcement, HUD required all <br />agencies representing entitlement communities and any corresponding Fair Housing Assistance <br />Programs (FHAP), such as the Office of Human Rights and Relations, to attend a day long fair <br />housing and analysis of impediments meeting. At .that meeting, HUD informed entitlement <br />agencies that the Fair Housing Enforcement Organization (FHEO) at HUD would be monitoring <br />their efforts at affirmatively furthering fair housing through updated analysis of impediments and <br />records of efforts taken to reduce or eliminate identified impediments. <br />Analysis of Impediments <br />The purpose of the "Analysis of Impediments" is to examine how state and local laws and <br />private public and non-profit sector regulations, administrative policies, procedures, and <br />practices impact the location, availability and accessibility of housing in a given area. The <br />Analysis of Impediments is not a Fair Housing Plan, rather it examines the current state <br />of fair housing choice and identifies specific barriers that need to be addressed if future <br />fair housing initiatives are to be successful. <br />