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City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 25 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Because housing is an integral part to the successful community care for many people with mental disabilities, discrimination has been 8 major barrie[8f8CcRSStU8d8qU8tehOU6iPg, ID8D effort tO eliminate such discrimination and tU support the right Uf people with a disability to live in the community of their choice, Congress included in the FHAA prohibitions against discrimination Of persons with aU1eDt8l disability iD the provision 0f housing, ID addition, it also prohibited discrimination 0f families with children, The provisions of the act also establish stronger administrative enforcement mechanisms and provide for stiffer penalties tU expand coverage t8 include these specific classes iOaddition to those protected classes initially covered. In addition, there are special rules applicable t8 senior complexes and the advertising for such senior complexes. The FHAA provides that housing for older persons includes three categories of housing: (1) housing provided under a state or federal program that HUD determines iS "specifically designed and operated t0 assist elderly pe[S0nS'';/2\housing intended for and only occupied by persons who are 62V/ older; and (3) housing "intended and operated for occupancy byat least one person 55 years 0f age Vr older per unit.''which means that the housing must have 8t least 80 percent Vf its units occupied hy8t least one person 55 years Uf age V[ older, must have facilities and services designed f0 meet the needs of older persons and must adhere to the policies and procedures that demonstrate 3D intent fU provide housing for persons 550[ older. The FHA\ also provided for certain "tr8OSiti0U`/ rules for existing complexes Although the FH/\/\ does not address the issue 0f advertising for senior complexes, the HUD regulations make clear that there iS8parallel exemption from the discriminatory advertising provisions. Therefore, advertising for qualified "housing for older persons" under the FHAA may make reference tO the age O[the desired residents. /\dV8diSiDg guidelines have been the subject 0f great debate since they were enacted iD 1988. |8 order tU clarify the confusion over terms and phrases that were considered violation 0f the regulations, the Housing and Urban Development (H\][)) agency issued further guidelines that provide a more reasonable review method in orderto determine what constitutes discriminatory advertising, Originally, terms such aS "excellent Vi80/"."0/8lk`iUCl0S8f'."bGChelO[''V[''h8ChelO[ette"and names such @S "The Baptist Home" could have been viewed 8S discriminatory. Currently, when these are placed in their proper context, they are not "red-flagged" as discriminatory, Besides words indicative nf race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, Ornational origin, colloquialisms, or words or phrases used regionally or locally, which might imply or suggest race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status 0[ national origin should U8 avoided as well. ID addition, catch words and phrases such 3S «D8St[i[t8d". "8XClUSiY8", "p[iV@tG*''iDt9grated'''''tK]diti8D8|". "board approval" U[ "membership approval" and symbols Or logotypes which imply O[ suggest race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status 8[ national origin should also b88V0id8Ur