R-2013-01 local Fair Housing policies/practices

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Local Fair Housing Policies and Practices Purpose: This document describes specific steps that will be taken to affirmatively further fair housing in accordance with the adopted Fair Housing Action Plan. The Action Plan section reference follows each policy. The City shall: • Review long term infrastructure plans to determine if they promote racial concentrations or otherwise inadvertently results in disparate treatment of protected class members in the provision of housing (5.1). • Ensure any fair housing implications, including those that affect persons with disabilities, are addressed in all aspects of planning when reviewing existing plans and ordinances and when developing new comprehensive plans, capital improvement programs, zoning and other land use or housing related ordinances. (5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2) • Require senior staff, including managers and attorneys, to receive available Fair Housing training within the first 12 months of employment or engagement and long term senior staff to receive regularly updated training. Training may include, but is not limited to, in person classroom sessions, and remote viewing of fair housing presentations, videos or other materials (5.3). • Before choosing locations for new undesirable infrastructure improvements such as wastewater treatment plants and solid waste disposal areas, consider whether such facilities are disproportionately located in or near residential concentrations of protected classes and if so consider alternative locations or establishment of formal limits. (5.5). • Consider other sources of funding for associated housing rehabilitation activities when seeking non -entitlement CDBG grant funds for infrastructure projects in Low -to -Moderate Income (LMI) areas (5.7). • Require compliance with the American Disabilities Act (ADA), which includes addressing legacy discrimination issues, for Disaster Recovery Round 2 infrastructure projects, and with the Texas Accessibility Standards located (TAC Title 16, Part 4, Chapter 68) relating to accessibility for persons with disabilities for any new facilities constructed with public funds. (5.8, 5.15) • Coordinate with the Housing and Health Services Coordination Council for best practices on working with supportive services for disabled and other special needs persons (9.3). Plans, policies, programs, ordinances, resolutions, agreements, and orders that could affect the locality's ability to affirmatively further fair housing will be reviewed using the Policy Review Record form. This Local Fair Housing Policies and Practices document will be reviewed and revised as necessary based upon subsequent guidance or instruction provided by the State of Texas, as stated in the Fair Housing Action Plan.