City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/25/2016
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Contract with the Ramsey Group to Prepare the Assessment of Fair Housing
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E., City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager (or designee) to enter into a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with the Ramsey Group to prepare the Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) for submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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BACKGROUND:
The new Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) provides the framework for HUD's proposed strategy to improve and replace the process currently known as the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI), which HUD grant recipients (such as cities, counties and public housing authorities) must undertake in order to keep their obligation to "affirmatively further fair housing" (AFFH Rule). The AFH addresses concerns raised by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and stakeholders about the current AI process in order to better help communities accomplish their fair housing obligations and incorporate fair housing choice into their planning activities.
More specific, the new AFH is a comprehensive plan required by HUD that will address housing discrimination, the operation of housing markets, investment choices by holders of capital, the history and geography of regions, patterns of development and the constructed environment within Cathedral City.
Each HUD grant recipient and entitlement city must prepare an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) prior to the implementation of the next five-year Consolidated Plan. The due date for an AFH is based on the City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan cycle. The City's first AFH will be due 270 days prior to the program year that begins on or after July 1, 2017. The City of Cathedral City is one of sixteen jurisdictions across the United States to be a first submitter of the AFH. The due d...
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