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Harris County Community Services Department <br /> Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br /> <br />1.21FairHousingandAffirmativeMarketing <br />HousingprojectstotheextentpossibleunderthelawshouldensureallAmericanshaveequal <br />accesstothehousingoftheirchoice.HUDfundedgrantrecipientsandsubrecipentsare <br />obligatedundervariouslawsnottodiscriminateinhousingorservicesdirectlyorindirectlyon <br />thebasisofrace,color,religion,sex,nationalorigin,age,familialstatus,ordisability.Design <br />andconstructiondocumentsforeachdevelopmentshallcomplywithallFairHousingLaws, <br />includingSection504oftheRehabilitationActandtheAmericanswithDisabilitiesAct(ADA).All <br />rentalandhomebuyerconstruction/developmentprojectsarerequiredtohaveaformal <br />AffirmativeMarketingPlan.Affirmativemarketingdiffersfromgeneralmarketingactivities <br />becauseitspecificallytargetspotentialtenantsandhomebuyerswhoareleastlikelytoapply <br />forthehousinginordertomakethemawareofavailableaffordablehousingopportunities. <br />AffirmativeMarketingPlansmustbesubmittedaspartofanapplicationandwillbereviewed <br />toensurecompliance. <br />Harris County Community Services Department 16 <br />Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br />Revised May 2011 <br /> <br />