HUMAN RIGHTS AND FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive updates on the Affordable Housing Work Plan, AI Action Items, and the creation of the Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission
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DEPARTMENT: City Clerk’s Office
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth Broder, Community Grants Coordinator
Staff will update the Commission on the following items:
Affordable Housing Work Plan
At its January 5, 2021 meeting, the City Council approved the Affordable Housing Work Plan, Option 1 which directs staff to take the following actions:
1. Begin work on Action Item 3, the Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) Preservation Plan
2. Begin work on Action Item 6, the Revolving Rehabilitation Loan Fund
3. Direct staff to begin work on an Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO), and delay work on Action Items 1 and 2 until after completion of the IZO.
AI Action Items
Work on AI Action Items will begin again in March, 2021, when the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager is expected to join the Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission.
Human Rights Ordinance/Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission
On December 15, 2020, the City Council passed the ordinance amending the Naperville Municipal Code to expand and replace the Housing Advisory Commission and fair housing ordinance with the Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission and human rights and fair housing ordinance.