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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1- 6- <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Fair Housing Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Human Rights and Relations <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Fair Housing Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, ext 2490; <br />Annette Moore, ext. 2250 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 9684501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />approve <br />BACKGROUND: Provisions to affirmatively further fair housing are principal and long-standing <br />components of housing and community development programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of <br />Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Specifically, HUD is committed to eliminating racial and <br />ethnic segregation and other discriminatory practices in housing. Further, Orange County, through its <br />Civil Rights Ordinance, is also committed to the elimination of discriminatory practices in housing. <br />All recipients of HUD funding are required to meet the following broad objectives: <br />1. Analyze and eliminate housing discrimination in the jurisdiction; <br />2. Promote fair housing choice; <br />3. Provide opportunities for racially and ethnically inclusive patterns of housing occupancy; <br />4. Promote housing that is physically accessible to, and usable by, all persons, particularly <br />persons with disabilities; and <br />5. Foster compliance with the nondiscrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Act. <br />This is accomplished by the development of a Fair Housing Plan which identifies impediments to fair <br />housing choice within the jurisdiction, and, outlines appropriate actions to overcome the effects of any <br />impediments identified through the analysis. <br />This Plan is required of all recipients of HUD funding under the Community Development Block Grant <br />Program, the HOME Investment Partnership Program, the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments <br />Program. Thus, the County, as a recipient of these funds, is required to have this document. In past <br />years, we have written this plan at the staff level without soliciting BOCC approval. Recently, <br />however, we have been advised by both State and Federal officials, that we should formally adopt the <br />Fair Housing Plan. This is especially critical as we apply for new funding during the new budget year.