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DocuSign Envelope ID:7F37477C-8804-49AB-9710-C7AEB88A1860 <br /> Obtain the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act <br /> (HMDA) reports that will provide additional data on the <br /> lending practices of specific banks in the area and prepare a <br /> summary of the information as it relates to fair housing <br /> practices. <br /> Review the state's Landlords—Tenants Act and regulations <br /> governing the rental and leasing of residential property <br /> Summarize the efforts of the local Board of Realtor's Code of <br /> Ethics, policies, training, educational requirements_, and to <br /> raise awareness of fair housing choice <br /> Review the local newspapers, the publications ''Sales of <br /> Homes'and Listing of Rental Properties"for compliance in <br /> advertising with the Fair Housing Act <br /> Research and report on the availability and dissemination of <br /> information on programs and services that provide financial <br /> assistance to low-income families and individuals for private <br /> housing <br /> Determine the extant that accommodations are made to <br /> private housing, both new constriction and substantial <br /> rehabilitation of multi-family housing, for persons C9 h <br /> disabilities. <br /> Evaluate the programs and services offered by the local <br /> Homebuilders Association in the County to assist low- <br /> income or disabled persons or families. <br /> • Perform Interviews and Conduct Meetings: <br /> Our firm will prepare separate survey forms to send to <br /> various local and regional agencies and organizations that <br /> the county recommends,based on the fo.lowing categories: <br /> housing development agencies(public and private) owners, <br /> realtors, management agencies, and landlord organizations; <br /> advocacy groups (particularly those for persons with <br /> disabilities); civil rights, legal rights, legal services <br /> organizations; NAACP and ethnic organizations; the LGBT <br /> organization; agencies for the homeless; consumer and <br /> housing counseling agencies;senior citizen groups;etc <br /> The county and our firm will develop a list of organizations, <br /> agencies, and firms to contact for the surveys UDV will <br /> tailor the survey for each category. The surveys will be <br /> mailed or emarted to the different agencies by the County In <br /> addition, the surveys will be created as a fill in the blanks <br /> PDF format'and placed on the county's and town's website. <br /> The county and toi.n will collect the replies and UDV's staff <br /> will summarize the responses <br /> ytre will meet with the HUD FHEO staff during the planning <br /> and research process to discuss the proposed methodology <br /> and the status of previously identified impediments to fair <br /> housing choice <br />