HOUSING ADVISORY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Selection by the Chair of 3 commissioners to serve on the fair housing complaint review panel.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kasey Evans, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
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DISCUSSION:
The City received a fair housing complaint in November 2017. Following the initial submittal of the fair housing complaint form, the complainant submitted a substantial amount of information. The respondent subsequently provided a lengthy response to the alleged fair housing violation.
The City’s Fair Housing Ordinance procedures provide for the formation of a review panel, made up of 3 members of the Commission appointed by the Chair, to review the complaint. Given the volume of information submitted by both the complainant and the respondent, staff recommends the formation of such review panel. The review panel will review the entirety of the information submitted and may determine which of the following courses of action are appropriate:
a) no probable cause exists for filing of the complaint, and the complaint should be dismissed;
b) probable cause exists for filing of the complaint, and the complaint should proceed to a full hearing before the full Commission; or
c) mediation between both parties in order to come to a resolution acceptable to the parties - if conciliation of the complaint through mediation is not achieved, the complaint should proceed to a hearing before the full Commission.
If the review panel determines the complaint should proceed to a hearing before the full Commission, the hearing will be held at a subsequent HAC meeting in accordance with the Hearing Procedures set forth in Municipal Code Section 10-5-6-3 (Hearing Procedure).