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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COIV~SSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: ,October 19, 1999 i Action Agenda ' Item No. I o~b SUBJECT: Orange County Fair Housing Plan DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm.. Development PTTBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Human Rights and Relations ATTACINT(S): Under Separate Cover INFORMATION CONTACT: Fair Housing Plan (Draft) Tara L. Fikes, ext 2490; Appendix (Commissioner Jacobs) Annette Moore, ext. 2250 TELEPHONE NCJMBERS: Hillsborough.. 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 P RP E: o present e Fair Housing P an or range ounty an esta is an o cial public comment period of October 20 to November 2, 1999. ,BACKGROUND: Provisions to affirmatively further fair housing are principal and.long-standing components of housing and community development programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Specifically, H[TD is committed to eliminating racial and ethnic segregation and other discriminnatory practices in housing. Further, Orange County, through its Civil Rights Ordinance, is also committed to the elimination of discriminatory practices in housing. All recipients of HUD funding are required to meet the following broad objectives: 1. Analyze and eliminate housing discrimination in. the. jurisdiction; 2. Promote fair housing choice; 3. .Provide opportunities for racially and ethnically inclusive patterns of housing occupancy; 4. Promote housing that is physically accessible to, and usable by, all persons, particularly persons with disabilities; and 5. Foster compliance with the nondiscrimination provisions of the Fair Housing Act. This is accomplished by the development of a Fair Housing Plan which identifies impediments to fair housing choice within the jurisdiction, and, outlines appropriate actions to overcome the effects of any impediments identified through the analysis. This Plan is required of all recipients of I~[UD funding under the Community Development Block Grarlt Program, the HOME Investment Partnership Program, the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program. Thus, the County, as a recipient of these funds, is required to have this document. In past years, we have written this plan at the staff level without soliciting BOCC approval. Recently, however, we have been advised. by both State and Federal officials, that we should formally adopt the Fair Housing Plan. This is especially critical as we apply for new funding during the new budget year.