Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director
Subject: HUD Assessment of Fair Housing
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the Department of Housing Fair Housing Goals and Public Comment Responses to be included in the San Mateo County Regional Assessment of Fair Housing pursuant to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule, published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in July 2015.
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BACKGROUND:
The Fair Housing Act, which was adopted as part of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, requires recipients of federal Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) funding to Affirmatively Further Fairing Housing (AFFH). HUD published an AFFH Final Rule in July 2015 which outlines the process recipients of HUD funding are required to use to demonstrate compliance with the rule. That process includes preparation of an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) which must include an analysis of fair housing data, an assessment of fair housing issues and contributing factors, and an identification of fair housing priorities and goals.
As a recipient of HUD funding, the County of San Mateo (the "County") is subject to the AFFH Final Rule as is the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo. Other agencies in San Mateo County subject to the AFFH rule include the Housing Authority of South San Francisco and the Cities of Daly City, Redwood City, San Mateo, and South San Francisco. All these agencies, known together as the entitlement jurisdictions, agreed to work collaboratively on a joint AFH for the entire San Mateo County region. On November 15, 2016, your Board adopted a resolution to authorize the County to participate in this joint assessment process and also approved the required Community Participation Plan associated with the development of the countywide AFH.
DISCUSSION:
The AFH Community Participation Plan...
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