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3 <br /> ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY, NC HOME CONSORTIUM OP�rl'NVVo 11,0d� <br /> The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to and interaction of six (6) fundamental <br /> discriminate in the sale, rental, financing, conditions within the community: <br /> or insurance of a dwelling, or in any other <br /> • <br /> type of housing related transaction on the The sale or rental of dwellings <br /> basis of race, sex, religion, national (public or private); <br /> origin, color, disability, or familial status • The provision of housing <br /> brokerage services; <br /> (the presence of children under the age The provision of financial <br /> of 18 in the household). In addition, assistance for dwellings; <br /> certain multifamily dwellings, constructed • Public policies and actions <br /> after 1991, are required to be accessible affecting the approval of sites and <br /> to persons with disabilities. other building requirements used <br /> As a HUD grantee, the Orange County in the approval process for the <br /> HOME Consortium is required to construction of publicly assisted <br /> housing; <br /> "affirmatively further fair housing." In The administrative policies <br /> order to demonstrate that the community concerning community <br /> is "affirmatively furthering fair housing," development and housing <br /> each grantee must conduct an Analysis activities, which affect <br /> of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice opportunities of minority <br /> (Al) which identifies any impediments to households to select housing <br /> fair housing choice and what steps the inside or outside areas of minority <br /> community will take to affirmatively concentration; and <br /> further fair housing. HUD advises • Where there is a determination of <br /> communities that the Analysis of unlawful segregation or other <br /> Impediments to Fair Housing should also housing discrimination by a court <br /> address "Visitability," the Section 504 or a finding of noncompliance by <br /> Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with HUD regarding assisted housing <br /> Disabilities Act, as well as the Fair in a recipient's jurisdiction, an <br /> analysis of the actions which could <br /> Housing Act. be taken by the recipient to <br /> HUD defines "fair housing choice" as: remedy the discriminatory <br /> condition, including actions <br /> involving the expenditure of funds <br /> made available under 24 CFR <br /> Part 570. <br /> ❑ METHODOLOGY <br /> The methodology employed to <br /> The Orange County HOME Consortium undertake this Analysis of <br /> has prepared an Analysis of Impediments included: <br /> Impediments to Fair Housing Choice for <br /> 2015. The analysis focuses on the status <br /> 1 <br />