CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Accept the 2017 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Report.
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DEPARTMENT: City Clerk's Office
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth Broder, Community Planner/Community Grants Coordinator
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The request to accept the 2017 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Report first appeared on the April 5, 2017 City Council agenda. By consensus Council tabled the item to the May 16 meeting.
All communities receiving Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must certify that they will affirmatively further fair housing, as required by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. To meet this obligation, cities must periodically conduct an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). The AI assesses the conditions, both public and private, that affect equal and free access to residential housing for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin. The AI identifies impediments to fair housing choice and provides an Action Plan to guide the community as it works toward eliminating these obstacles.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Naperville prepared AI reports in 1996 and in 2007. In its Program Year 2013 Year End Review in 2014, HUD recommended that Naperville prepare an updated AI. The new AI was delayed while the City and HUD reviewed the impact of HUD's new fair housing rule, adopted in 2015. HUD recommended to prepare the AI as originally planned. The City issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) and received five responses. Three consultants were interviewed by a staff committee composed of employees of the City Clerk's Office and the TED Business Group. In March, 2016, the City awarded the contract to Mullin & Lonergan Associates, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based firm with extensive background in fair housing and HUD community development programs. Mulli...
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